About The Word Torpedo shell
Learn about the word Torpedo shell to help solve your crossword puzzle. Discover Torpedo shell definitions and meaning, origins, synonyms, related terms and more at the free Crossword Dictionary.
Torpedo shell
| Torpedo shell Definition And Meaning |
|---|
What's The Definition Of Torpedo shell?Synonyms | Synonyms for Torpedo shell: Related Terms | Find terms related to Torpedo shell: See Also | Torpedo shell In Webster's Dictionary \Torpedo shell\ (Ordnance)
A shell longer than a deck-piercing shell, with thinner walls
and a larger cavity for the bursting charge, which consists
of about 130 pounds of high explosive. It has no soft cap,
and is intended to effect its damage by the powerful
explosion which follows on slight resistance. It is used
chiefly in 12-inch mortars.
|
More Crossword Puzzle Words
A | B | C | D | E | F | G | H | I | J | K | L | M | N | O | P | Q | R | S | T | U | V | W | X | Y | Z
Cross Word Of The Day
- Tocology ‐ the branch of medicine dealing with childbirth and care of the…
- Triostium ‐ genus of Asiatic and North American herbs:…
- Amusd ‐ a doctor's degree in…
- Morula ‐ a solid mass of blastomeres that forms when the zygote splits;…
- Destroyable ‐ capable of being…
- Matzoh meal ‐ meal made from…
- Parenterally ‐ by parenteral means; "the drug is intended to be administered…
- G-man ‐ a special law-enforcement agent of the Federal Bureau of…
- Antiadrenergic ‐ relating to blocking or reducing adrenergic effects…
- Bowls ‐ lawn bowling at a jack using biased…