small arms
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small arms
pl n
(Firearms, Gunnery, Ordnance & Artillery) portable firearms of relatively small calibre
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small arms
Man portable, individual, and crew-served weapon systems used mainly against personnel and lightly armored or unarmored equipment.
Dictionary of Military and Associated Terms. US Department of Defense 2005.
Translations
أسْلِحَه خَفيفَه
ruční zbraně
håndvåben
kézi fegyverek
handvopn
ručné zbrane
hafif silâh
Collins Italian Dictionary 1st Edition © HarperCollins Publishers 1995
small
(smoːl) adjective1. little in size, degree, importance etc; not large or great. She was accompanied by a small boy of about six; There's only a small amount of sugar left; She cut the meat up small for the baby.
2. not doing something on a large scale. He's a small businessman.
3. little; not much. You have small reason to be satisfied with yourself.
4. (of the letters of the alphabet) not capital. The teacher showed the children how to write a capital G and a small g.
small ads advertisements in the personal columns of a newspaper.
small arms weapons small and light enough to be carried by a man. They found a hoard of rifles and other small arms belonging to the rebels.
small change coins of small value. a pocketful of small change.
small hours the hours immediately after midnight. He woke up in the small hours.
ˈsmallpox noun a type of serious infectious disease in which there is a severe rash of large, pus-filled spots that usually leave scars.
small screen television, not the cinema. This play is intended for the small screen.
ˈsmall-time adjective (of a thief etc) not working on a large scale. a small-time crook/thief.
feel/look small to feel or look foolish or insignificant. He criticized her in front of her colleagues and made her feel very small.
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