firearm

from WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006)

firearm
    n 1: a portable gun; "he wore his firearm in a shoulder holster"
         [syn: {firearm}, {piece}, {small-arm}]

from The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

Firearm \Fire"arm`\ (f[imac]r"[aum]rm`), n.
   A gun, pistol, or any weapon from which a shot is discharged
   by the force of an explosive substance, as gunpowder.
   [1913 Webster]

from Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0

21 Moby Thesaurus words for "firearm":
      automatic, blowgun, blowpipe, flamethrower, gat, gun, handgun,
      heater, musket, peashooter, piece, pistol, repeater, revolver,
      rifle, rod, sawed-off shotgun, shooting iron, shotgun, six-gun,
      six-shooter

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