.38-caliber

1. 1.

   of or relating to the bore of a gun (or its ammunition) that measures thirty-eight hundredths of an inch in diameter

   “a .38 caliber shell”

   Synonyms.38 caliber.38 calibre.38-calibre

Questions about .38-caliber

What does .38-caliber mean?

.38-caliber means "of or relating to the bore of a gun (or its ammunition) that measures thirty-eight hundredths of an inch in diameter".

How many syllables are in .38-caliber?

.38-caliber has 3 syllables and divides as .38-ca-li-ber under the regular spelling rules. It is not in the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary, so that comes from how the word is written rather than from a recorded pronunciation, and no stress or phonetic transcription is claimed for it.

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