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KRUPP GUN

Definition: KRUPP GUN

KRUPP GUN

1. A breech-loading steel cannon manufactured at the works of Friedrich Krupp, at Essen in Prussia. Guns of over eight-inch bore are made up of several concentric cylinders; those of a smaller size are forged solid.

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
 


Specialty Definitions: KRUPP GUN

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Literature

Krupp Gun (See Gun .). Source: Brewer's Dictionary.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Synonyms within Context: KRUPP GUN

ContextSynonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus).

Arms

Gun, piece; firearms; artillery, ordnance; siege train, battering train; park, battery; cannon, gun of position, heavy gun, field piece, mortar, howitzer, carronade, culverin, basilisk; falconet, jingal, swivel, pederero, bouche a feu; petard, torpedo; mitrailleur, mitrailleuse; infernal machine; smooth bore, rifled cannon, Armstrong gun, Lancaster gun, Paixhan gun, Whitworth gun, Parrott gun, Krupp gun, Gatling gun, Maxim gun, machine gun; pompom; ten pounder.

Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus.

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Anagrams: KRUPP GUN

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

Words within the letters "g-k-n-p-p-r-u-u"

-4 letters: gunk, guru, knur, kuru, pung, punk, rung.

-5 letters: gnu, gun, pug, pun, pup, pur, rug, run, urn.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Alternative Orthography: KRUPP GUN


Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)

4B 52 55 50 50      47 55 4E

Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519; backwards) (references)

    

Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)

01001011 01010010 01010101 01010000 01010000 00100000 01000111 01010101 01001110

HTML Code (1990) (references)

&#75 &#82 &#85 &#80 &#80 &#32 &#71 &#85 &#78

ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)

004B 0052 0055 0050 0050      0047 0055 004E

Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)

45525550502415548

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2. Anagrams
3. Orthography
4. Bibliography


  

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