artillery
Large projectile weapons, in modern usage usually large guns, but also rocket artillery.
Noun 3 meanings
Large projectile weapons, in modern usage usually large guns, but also rocket artillery.
An army unit that uses such weapons, or a military formation using projectile weapons, such as archers.
Gunnery (design and manufacture of guns).
Etymology
From Middle English artillerie, from Old French artillerie (“collection of military engines, crossbows, lances etc.
ARTILLERY at a glance
ARTILLERY has 9 letters and scores 12 points in Scrabble (A 1 + R 1 + T 1 + I 1 + L 1 + L 1 + E 1 + R 1 + Y 4) and 13 in Words With Friends, before board bonuses. It ranks #7,409 by how often it appears in everyday English. It is valid in ENABLE, NWL2023, Collins/SOWPODS.
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