Word Meanings - MISSILE - Book Publishers vocabulary database

Capable of being thrown; adapted for hurling or to be projected from the hand, or from any instrument or rngine, so as to strike an object at a distance. We bend the bow, or wing the missile dart. Pope. (more info) to send, to throw; cf. Lith.

Additional info about word: MISSILE

Capable of being thrown; adapted for hurling or to be projected from the hand, or from any instrument or rngine, so as to strike an object at a distance. We bend the bow, or wing the missile dart. Pope. (more info) to send, to throw; cf. Lith. mesti to throw: cf. F. missile. Cf.

Possible synonyms: (Same meaning words of MISSILE)

• Projectile
• Missile

Related words: (words related to MISSILE)

• MISSILE
  Capable of being thrown; adapted for hurling or to be projected from the hand, or from any instrument or rngine, so as to strike an object at a distance. We bend the bow, or wing the missile dart. Pope. (more info) to send, to throw; cf. Lith.
• PROJECTILE
  1. Projecting or impelling forward; as, a projectile force. 2. Caused or imparted by impulse or projection; impelled forward; as, projectile motion. Arbuthnot.
• COMPRESSION PROJECTILE
  A projectile constructed so as to take the grooves of a rifle by means of a soft copper band firmly attached near its base or, formerly, by means of an envelope of soft metal. In small arms the modern projectile, having a soft core and