self-loading

1. 1.

   (of firearms) capable of automatic loading and firing continuously

   “an autoloading rifle”

   Synonymsautoloadingsemiautomatic

   Similarautomatic

Questions about self-loading

What does self-loading mean?

self-loading means "(of firearms) capable of automatic loading and firing continuously".

How many syllables are in self-loading?

self-loading has 4 syllables: sel-f-lo-a-ding. The stress falls on "f-lo".

What is another word for self-loading?

Close synonyms include autoloading, semiautomatic. 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 self-loading a common word?

self-loading 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.