shrapnel

Domain: Universal Words

Part of speech: noun

[U] small pieces of metal that are thrown outwards from an exploding bomb: Two people were hit by shrapnel. * a piece of shrapnel * a shrapnel wound

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This is a English–English dictionary entry.

Sourced from Main Dictionary in Lughet's collection.

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shrapnelEnglish›ChineseGetWord Corpus shrapnelEnglish›ChineseMain Dictionary

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shrapnel