cannon

Speech parts

1. cannon - Noun

2. cannon - Adjective

3. cannon - Verb

5. Cannon - Proper noun

Meaning

of Cannon

A great gun; a piece of ordnance or artillery; a firearm for discharging heavy shot with great force.

A hollow cylindrical piece carried by a revolving shaft, on which it may, however, revolve independently.

A kind of type. See Canon.

See Carom.

Source: Webster's dictionary

Synonyms

shank gun artillery mortar ordnance carom field gun howitzer canon ricochet basilisk peterman gat arrow revolver
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Antonyms

diddle creep poke

Hypernyms

stroke hit shot gun artillery discharge

Hyponyms

basilisk culverin rerebrace long tom harpoon gun vambrace

Phrases with the word

loose cannon baby cannon air cannon mounted cannon atomic cannon automated cannon

Derivatives

cannons cannon

Examples

Small miseries, like small debts, hit us in so many places, and meet us at so many turns and corners, that what they want in weight, they make up in number, and render it less hazardous to stand the fire of one cannon ball, than a volley composed of such a shower of bullets. Rudyard Kipling

Never. The shot is too big for the cannon. Laurence Olivier

Human nerves quickly get accustomed to the most unusual conditions and circumstances and I noticed that quite a number of men actually fell asleep from sheer exhaustion in the trenches, in spite of the roaring of the cannon about us and the whizzing of shrapnel over our heads. Fritz Kreisler

Using a cannon to shoot a mosquito. Dutch Proverb

When out to kill a fly, don't roll out a cannon to accomplish it. Polish Proverb

Double charging will break a cannon. Latin Proverb

Close letter words and terms

cannolilike cannolo Cannomys badius cannon ball cannon battery cannon bit