cannon
n.
large gun
Cannons
cannon
Noun
1. a large artillery gun that is usually on wheels
(hypernym) artillery, heavy weapon, gun, ordnance
(hyponym) basilisk
2. heavy gun fired from a tank
(hypernym) gun
(part-holonym) tank, army tank, armored combat vehicle, armoured combat vehicle
3. (Middle Ages) a cylindrical piece of armor plate to protect the arm
(hypernym) armor plate, armour plate, armor plating, plate armor, plate armour
(hyponym) rerebrace, upper cannon
(part-holonym) body armor, body armour, suit of armor, suit of armour, coat of mail, cataphract
(classification) Middle Ages, Dark Ages
4. heavy automatic gun fired from an airplane
(hypernym) gun
(part-holonym) bomber
5. lower part of the leg extending from the hock to the fetlock in hoofed mammals
(synonym) shank
(hypernym) body part
(part-holonym) animal leg
(part-meronym) cannon bone
6. a shot in billiards in which the cue ball contacts one object ball and then the other
(synonym) carom
(hypernym) stroke, shot
(part-holonym) billiards
Verb
1. make a cannon
(hypernym) hit
(derivation) carom
(classification) billiards
2. fire a cannon
(hypernym) discharge, muster out
canner
v.
cane
Cannons
(pl. )
of Cannon
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), edited by Noah Porter.
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