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Adjective: 38
  1. Being eight more than thirty
    - thirty-eight, xxxviii
Adjective: .38 caliber
Usage: US (elsewhere: .38 calibre)
  1. Of or relating to the bore of a gun (or its ammunition) that measures thirty-eight hundredths of an inch in diameter
    "a .38 caliber shell";
    - .38-caliber, .38 calibre [Brit, Cdn], .38-calibre

See also: cardinal

Encyclopedia: 38