projectile
/prəˈdʒɛktaɪl/
adjective
- Relating to or designed to be thrown or fired forward.
- The toy gun shoots small projectile darts.
- The engineers designed a projectile system for launching satellites.
- The military tested a new projectile weapon at the range.
noun
- An object that is thrown or fired through the air, especially a weapon such as a bullet, arrow, or missile.
- The archer aimed the projectile carefully at the target.
- The police found a projectile lodged in the wall of the building.
- A cannonball is a type of projectile used in old wars.
- Any object that moves through the air after being launched or thrown.
- A rocket is a projectile that can travel into space.
- In physics class, we studied the path of a projectile like a baseball.
- The children threw small projectiles of snow at each other.