howitzer
noun/ˈhaʊɪtsə(r)/
/ˈhaʊɪtsər/
- a heavy gun that fires shells high into the air for a short distanceOxford Collocations DictionaryHowitzer is used before these nouns:
- battery
Word Originlate 17th cent.: from Dutch houwitser, from German Haubitze, from Czech houfnice ‘catapult’.Definitions on the go
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