Polyglot Dictionary

howitzer

/ˈhaʊɪtsər/

noun C1
N Register Neutral Era Current Frequency Academic Domain General Tone Neutral

Forms

plural
howitzers

Meaning

  1. obús

    • The army deployed a howitzer to the front line.

      El ejército desplegó un obús en la línea del frente.

N Category Thing Concreteness Concrete Animacy Inanimate Countability Countable Scope Individual

Similar words

mortar

Worth distinguishing: both are artillery, but they use technically different firing mechanisms.

Similar in other languages

French

mortier

Close — a howitzer relates to a mortar.

Práctica

1 ¿Qué significa howitzer?

2 Completa el espacio en blanco: The army deployed a ___ to the front line.

3 ¿Qué gráfico de características corresponde a howitzer?

noun

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