Definitions for small-bore

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Spelling: [smawl-bawr, -bohr]
IPA: /ˈsmɔlˌbɔr, -ˌboʊr/

Small-Bore is a 10 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 7 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 10 points.

You can make 578 anagrams from letters in small-bore (-abellmors).

Definitions for small-bore

adjective

  1. of, noting, or relating to a .22-caliber firearm.
  2. insular or parochial in scope, attitude, etc.:

Origin of small-bore

First recorded in 1895-1900

Examples for small-bore

Of course, the soft ball driven from a small-bore rifle with a light charge of powder was far too weak to penetrate to the vitals.

And it initiated a neverending flurry of small-bore initiatives that cumulated in quite a lot of progress in the 1990s.

Every man carried a small-bore rifle, a tomahawk, and a scalping knife.

Their fallback is a series of small-bore bills like more visas for high-tech workers.

South Africa was a country which gave the freest play to the deadly properties of small-bore rifles.

The small-bore rifle bullets seemed to have no effect in stopping the rush, and the fanatics came on most gallantly.

The result was a revelation to the small-bore politicians of the old régime.

As we had nothing but a small-bore rifle and not owning a shotgun, we appealed to father as to what we should do for a gun.

We shall find also that the first American small-bore, muzzle-loading rifles were made in Pennsylvania.

On the other hand cases have occurred of elephants succumbing easily to chance shots from small-bore rifles.

Word Value for small-bore
Scrable

7

Words with friends

10

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