.45 caliber

1. 1.

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

   Synonyms.45-caliber.45 calibre.45-calibre

Questions about .45 caliber

What does .45 caliber mean?

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

What is another word for .45 caliber?

Close synonyms include .45-caliber, .45 calibre, .45-calibre. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is .45 caliber a common word?

.45 caliber is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.