caliber
caliber is defined in Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (1913) with 2 senses, and appears in Roget's Thesaurus (1911) with 36 related terms. The full text of each entry is reproduced verbatim below.
Definitions
- 1.The diameter of round or cylindrical body, as of a bullet or column.
- 2.Fig.: Capacity or compass of mind. Burke. Caliber compasses. See Calipers. -- Caliber rule, a gunner's calipers, an instrument having two scales arranged to determine a ball's weight from its diameter, and conversely. -- A ship's caliber, the weight of her armament.
Source: Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
Synonyms
Related terms (Roget's 1911)
- ample
- amplitude
- and
- become
- bore
- breadth
- broad
- calibrate
- corpulence
- crassitude
- diameter
- dilation
- discous
- dumpy
- expand
- expansion
- extent
- fanlike
- latifoliate
- latitude
- outspread
- radius
- render
- rope
- size
- space
- squab
- squat
- superficial
- thick
- thicken
- thickness
- thickset
- wide
- widen
- width
Source: Roget's Thesaurus, 1911 edition (public domain, via Project Gutenberg eBook #10681).
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Sources
- Definitions: Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
- Synonyms: Roget's Thesaurus, 1911 edition (public domain, via Project Gutenberg eBook #10681).
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