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  • A firearm is a portable gun, being a barreled weapon that launches one or more projectiles often driven by the action of an explosive force.
  • Modern firearms are typically described by their bore diameter (7.5mm) or calibre (.357) or gauge (12 ga.
  • Firearms are aimed visually at their targets by hand using either iron sights or optical sights.
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    Definition of firearm in English Dictionary

  • NounPLfirearms
    1. A personal weapon that uses explosive powder to propel a projectile often made of lead.
    2. More Examples
      1. Used in the Middle of Sentence
        • Forensic science, the use of science in crime detection, involves chemistry, physics, biology, texicology, document experts, firearm experts and others.
        • Roy Weatherby began his career in the firearms industry as a “wildcatter”, developing his revolutionary ideas about rifle cartridge performance and design.[1]
    • Part-of-Speech Hierarchy
      1. Nouns
        • Countable nouns
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      Source: Wiktionary

      Meaning of firearm for the defined word.

      Grammatically, this word "firearm" is a noun, more specifically, a countable noun.
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