"cleaning rod" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: cleaning rods [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} cleaning rod (plural cleaning rods)
  1. A firearm maintenance tool used to clean the inside (bore) of a gun's barrel.
    Sense id: en-cleaning_rod-en-noun-bSjNAmsw Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries

Inflected forms

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        ],
        [
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          "barrel"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
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}

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      ],
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