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Noun

1. howitzer, mortar, trench mortar

a muzzle-loading high-angle gun with a short barrel that fires shells at high elevations for a short range

WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.

Howitzer

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noun
a cannon having a short or medium barrel with a low muzzle velocity and a steep angle of fire

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Howitzer

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noun
a short cannon, larger than a mortar, firing shells in a high trajectory

Webster’s New World College Dictionary, 4th Edition. Copyright © 2010 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. All rights reserved.

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n.
A relatively short cannon that delivers shells at a medium muzzle velocity, usually by a high trajectory.

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