[
UK
/kˈælɪbɐ/
]
NOUN
- diameter of a tube or gun barrel
-
a degree or grade of excellence or worth
an executive of low caliber
the quality of students has risen
How To Use calibre In A Sentence
- X-Rays showed a .22 calibre bullet lodged in his brain.
- X-Rays showed a .22 calibre bullet lodged in his brain.
- The competition small bore .22 calibre and the .177 calibre air rifle were a major contrast to the Army issue Steyr.
- There was no evidence whatsoever that anything coming remotely similar to a .22 calibre sawn-off rifle was used in either one of the robberies.
- The competition small bore .22 calibre and the .177 calibre air rifle were a major contrast to the Army issue Steyr.
- First, there was what I think could be the type of small-calibre stern gun which was fitted to most World War Two merchantmen. A DAYSTAR OF FEAR
- The success of our initiative is testament to the high quality calibre of the producers in our region.
- But that just sums up the calibre of the man. The Sun
- That seems to have been the spiteful remark of an adversary; for at least while Churchill was still in politics, the Congress was staffed, and led by men and women of calibre and integrity.
- There was no doubt that there was a shortage of dan grades, but dan grades of the standard of the Hut took men of a certain calibre and a long time. Aikido in the UK – the Beginning « English Lesson Plans « Free Lesson Plans « Literacy News