HomeServicesBlogDictionariesContactSpanish Course
← Back to search

Meaning of rammer | Babel Free

Noun CEFR C2 Specialized
ˈɹæ.mə(ɹ)

Definitions

  1. A device used to ram; a ramrod.
  2. One who, or that, rams.

Equivalents

Examples

“Now use your rammer to pack it tightly into the barrel.”
“A "mooner," fond of staring into shop windows, or watching the labourers pulling up the pavement to inspect the gas-pipes, or listening stolidly to the dull "pech" of the paviour's rammer on the flags.”
“[…] I put my waterproof over the muzzle of one gun, and made a sort of wigwam with two or three rammers that I found, and lay along the tail of another gun […]”
“The great guns ranged along the deck — each bound fast by its new breechings — with their linstocks and sponges and ladles and rammers, made no idle show of warlike strength.”
“the Zeppelin Rammer”
“The loader […] placed the cartridge in the muzzle and shoved it in as far as he could. The rammer rammed it home, the gun captain inserting his priming wire to make sure.”

CEFR level

C2
Mastery
This word is part of the CEFR C2 vocabulary — mastery level.
See all C2 English words →

See also

Learn this word in context

See rammer used in real conversations inside our free language course.

Start Free Course

Know this word better than we do? Language is a living thing — help us keep it growing. Collaborate with Babel Free