Howitzer is an English word with synonyms like mortar. Below you'll find 10+ example sentences showing how it's used in practice.
Howitzer meaning
- A cannon that combines certain characteristics of field guns and mortars, delivering projectiles with medium velocities, usually with relatively high trajectories; normally a cannon with a tube length of 20 to 30 calibers.
- A powerfully hit shot.
Synonyms of Howitzer
Using Howitzer
- The main meaning on this page is: A cannon that combines certain characteristics of field guns and mortars, delivering projectiles with medium velocities, usually with relatively high trajectories; normally a cannon with a tube length of 20 to 30 calibers. | A powerfully hit shot.
- Useful related words include: mortar, trench mortar, high-angle gun.
- In the example corpus, howitzer often appears in combinations such as: the howitzer, self-propelled howitzer, howitzer is.
Context around Howitzer
- Average sentence length in these examples: 22.5 words
- Position in the sentence: 5 start, 9 middle, 6 end
- Sentence types: 20 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Howitzer
- In this selection, "howitzer" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 22.5 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, propelled, towed, two, battery, gunnery and rounds stand out and add context to how "howitzer" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include 105 mm howitzer of the and 170 millimeter howitzer in widespread. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "howitzer" sits close to words such as adjoint, affixes and agonisingly, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with howitzer
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
The M777 is a 155-millimetre towed howitzer. (8 words)
K9 Thunder self-propelled howitzer being tested in Estonia. (9 words)
The self-propelled howitzer is manufactured by Larsen and Toubro. (10 words)
Rhatigan grabbed her sixth goal of the day off a powerful shot from the eight-meter, then Coykendall dodged past two defenders before ripping a howitzer into the top left corner, upping NU’s lead to eight with just over 11 minutes to play. (44 words)
Following attendance at the Artillery Officer Advanced Course, he was assigned to the 2nd Armored Cavalry Regiment in West Germany in 1973, where he commanded the 1st Squadron Howitzer Battery and served as Squadron S-3. (36 words)
Thus, while howitzer gunnery was more complicated than the technique of employing mortars, the howitzer was an inherently more flexible weapon that could fire its projectiles along a wide variety of trajectories. (32 words)
Example sentences (20)
The carriage handles are used by crew members to lifting and shifting the howitzer during loading, unloading, and emplacing the howitzer.
Thus, while howitzer gunnery was more complicated than the technique of employing mortars, the howitzer was an inherently more flexible weapon that could fire its projectiles along a wide variety of trajectories.
K9 Thunder self-propelled howitzer being tested in Estonia.
Rhatigan grabbed her sixth goal of the day off a powerful shot from the eight-meter, then Coykendall dodged past two defenders before ripping a howitzer into the top left corner, upping NU’s lead to eight with just over 11 minutes to play.
The enemy’s losses during the day in this direction amounted to up to 45 Ukrainian servicemen, one tank, four armored combat vehicles, a car, as well as a D-20 howitzer.
The M777 is a 155-millimetre towed howitzer.
Ukrainian soldiers who spot enemy troops digging fortifications or transporting munitions can’t fire more than one or two Howitzer rounds before they have to stop.
A mobile howitzer at the Altengrabow military training area in Germany in June.
An artillery unit of Ukraine’s 95th Separate Air Assault Brigade firing a howitzer last month at Russian troops trying to capture Toretsk, in the Donetsk region of eastern Ukraine.
He was enlisted in the AIF on 15 June, joining the 117th Howitzer Battery.
The M1989 is the only 170-millimeter howitzer in widespread use—and only North Korean industry makes ammunition for it.
A high profile for a howitzer was not a serious problem, in theory, as artillery is supposed to stay far away from the lines.
The self-propelled howitzer is manufactured by Larsen and Toubro.
Vi busts out of Laurel’s big earring, and fires a “chronal howitzer”, the same device Roxxas used on Jo, at Glorith.
The howitzer was from the Wisconsin National Guard Bravo Battery of the 1120th Field Artillery out of Stevens Point and was brought in by the regional National Guard recruiter.
The troops are reinforced by 300 tanks and a battalion of 48 French-made Caesar self-propelled Howitzer guns capable of firing dozens of miles into Yemeni territory.
An absolute howitzer of a Delpo forehand then flies down the line in a blur for 40-0.
A number of these were used by the American Forces and the design used as the basis for their howitzer.
Firing of a L118 light gun 105 mm howitzer of the Portuguese Army.
Following attendance at the Artillery Officer Advanced Course, he was assigned to the 2nd Armored Cavalry Regiment in West Germany in 1973, where he commanded the 1st Squadron Howitzer Battery and served as Squadron S-3.
Common combinations with howitzer
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:
- the howitzer 10×
- self-propelled howitzer 4×
- howitzer is 4×
- howitzer was 3×
- mm howitzer 3×
- d- howitzer 2×
- towed howitzer 2×
- howitzer battery 2×
- howitzer in 2×
- -inch howitzer 2×