lance

Meaning of lance

noun
  1. A weapon of war, consisting of a long shaft or handle and a steel blade or head; a spear carried by horsemen.
  2. A wooden spear, sometimes hollow, used in jousting or tilting, designed to shatter on impact with the opposing knight’s armour.
  3. A spear or harpoon used by whalers and fishermen.
  4. A soldier armed with a lance; a lancer.
  5. An instrument which conveys the charge of a piece of ordnance and forces it home.
  6. (founding) A small iron rod which suspends the core of the mold in casting a shell.
  7. One of the small paper cases filled with combustible composition, which mark the outlines of a figure.
  8. A lancet.
verb
  1. To pierce with a lance, or with any similar weapon.
    Seized the due victim, and with fury lanced Her back. Dryden.
  2. To open with a lancet; to pierce
    to lance a vein or an abscess
  3. To throw in the manner of a lance; to lanch.

Information about lance

Hyphenation of lance

lance

  • It consists of 1 syllables and 5 chars.
  • lance is a word monosyllabic because it has one syllable

lance synonyms

Meaning spear:

spear, shaft, gig, fizgig, fishgig

Meaning lancet:

lancet

Anagrams of lance

Ancel, ancle, Calen, canel, clean, Lenca

Words that rhyme with lance

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