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field artillery

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.94 in modern English

Syllables
field- ar-tillery
IPA
21
Scrabble Score
14
Letters
3
Syllables
9
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

The part of an army's artillery which consists of (light) fieldpieces (cannons, howitzers) which are mobile enough to deploy on the (battle) field, as opposed to the fixed guns in fortifications or naval artillery; usually excludes antiaircraft.

Countable; Uncountable

Usage

Inflected Forms

field artilleries (plural)

Phrases

field grade field marshal field officer

Frequently Paired Words

field grade field marshal field officer

Synonyms

field gun

Questions

What does field artillery mean?
The part of an army's artillery which consists of (light) fieldpieces (cannons, howitzers) which are mobile enough to deploy on the (battle) field, as opposed to the fixed guns in fortifications or naval artillery; usually excludes antiaircraft.

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