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projectile

UK:**UK and possibly other pronunciationsUK and possibly other pronunciations/prəˈdʒɛktaɪl/

US:USA pronunciation: IPAUSA pronunciation: IPA/prəˈdʒɛktɪl, -taɪl/

US:USA pronunciation: respellingUSA pronunciation: respelling(prə jek′til, -tīl)



WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2026
pro•jec•tile /prəˈdʒɛktɪl, -taɪl/USA pronunciation   n. [countable]
  1. an object fired from a gun with an explosive charge, as a bullet or shell.
See -jec-.
WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2026
pro•jec•tile  (prə jek′til, -tīl),USA pronunciation n. 
  1. an object fired from a gun with an explosive propelling charge, such as a bullet, shell, rocket, or grenade.
  2. a body projected or impelled forward, as through the air.

adj. 
  1. impelling or driving forward, as a force.
  2. caused by impulse, as motion.
  3. capable of being impelled forward, as a missile.
  4. Zoology, Biologyprotrusile, as the jaws of a fish.
  • Neo-Latin, neuter of prōjectilis (adjective, adjectival) projecting. See project, -ile
  • 1655–65

Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers::
projectile /prəˈdʒɛktaɪl/ n
  1. an object or body thrown forwards
  2. any self-propelling missile, esp one powered by a rocket or the rocket itself
  3. any object that can be fired from a gun, such as a bullet or shell
 adj
  1. capable of being or designed to be hurled forwards
  2. projecting or thrusting forwards
  3. another word for protrusile
Etymology: 17th Century: from New Latin prōjectilis jutting forwards
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