Associations to the word «Caliber»

Wiktionary

CALIBER, noun. American spelling standard spelling of calibre.

Dictionary definition

CALIBER, noun. A degree or grade of excellence or worth; "the quality of students has risen"; "an executive of low caliber".
CALIBER, noun. Diameter of a tube or gun barrel.

Wise words

Words are always getting conventionalized to some secondary meaning. It is one of the works of poetry to take the truants in custody and bring them back to their right senses.
William Butler Yeats