CANNON

Pronunciation (US):

• CANNON (noun)
  The noun CANNON has 6 senses:

1. a large artillery gun that is usually on wheels
2. heavy gun fired from a tank
3. (Middle Ages) a cylindrical piece of armor plate to protect the arm
4. heavy automatic gun fired from an airplane
5. lower part of the leg extending from the hock to the fetlock in hoofed mammals
6. a shot in billiards in which the cue ball contacts one object ball and then the other

  Familiarity information: CANNON used as a noun is common.

• CANNON (verb)
  The verb CANNON has 2 senses:

1. make a cannon
2. fire a cannon

  Familiarity information: CANNON used as a verb is rare.

• CANNON (noun)

Meaning:

A large artillery gun that is usually on wheels

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Hypernyms ("cannon" is a kind of...):

artillery; gun; heavy weapon; ordnance (large but transportable armament)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "cannon"):

long tom (a long swivel cannon formerly used by the navy)

high-angle gun (a cannon that can be fired at a high elevation for relatively short ranges)

harpoon gun (a cannon or similar gun that fires harpoons)

culverin (a heavy cannon with a long barrel used in the 16th and 17th centuries)

basilisk (ancient brass cannon)

Meaning:

Heavy gun fired from a tank

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Hypernyms ("cannon" is a kind of...):

gun (a weapon that discharges a missile at high velocity (especially from a metal tube or barrel))

Holonyms ("cannon" is a part of...):

armored combat vehicle; armoured combat vehicle; army tank; tank (an enclosed armored military vehicle; has a cannon and moves on caterpillar treads)

Meaning:

(Middle Ages) a cylindrical piece of armor plate to protect the arm

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Hypernyms ("cannon" is a kind of...):

armor plate; armor plating; armour plate; plate armor; plate armour (specially hardened steel plate used to protect fortifications or vehicles from enemy fire)

Domain category:

Dark Ages; Middle Ages (the period of history between classical antiquity and the Italian Renaissance)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "cannon"):

rerebrace; upper cannon (cannon that provides plate armor for the upper arm)

lower cannon; vambrace (cannon of plate armor protecting the forearm)

Holonyms ("cannon" is a part of...):

body armor; body armour; cataphract; coat of mail; suit of armor; suit of armour (armor that protects the wearer's whole body)

Meaning:

Heavy automatic gun fired from an airplane

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Hypernyms ("cannon" is a kind of...):

gun (a weapon that discharges a missile at high velocity (especially from a metal tube or barrel))

Holonyms ("cannon" is a part of...):

bomber (a military aircraft that drops bombs during flight)

Meaning:

Lower part of the leg extending from the hock to the fetlock in hoofed mammals

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Synonyms:

cannon; shank

Hypernyms ("cannon" is a kind of...):

body part (any part of an organism such as an organ or extremity)

Meronyms (parts of "cannon"):

cannon bone (greatly developed metatarsal or metacarpal bone in the shank or cannon part of the leg in hoofed mammals)

Holonyms ("cannon" is a part of...):

hoofed mammal; ungulate (any of a number of mammals with hooves that are superficially similar but not necessarily closely related taxonomically)

animal leg (the leg of an animal)

Meaning:

A shot in billiards in which the cue ball contacts one object ball and then the other

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

Synonyms:

carom; cannon

Hypernyms ("cannon" is a kind of...):

shot; stroke ((sports) the act of swinging or striking at a ball with a club or racket or bat or cue or hand)

Holonyms ("cannon" is a part of...):

billiards (any of several games played on rectangular cloth-covered table (with cushioned edges) in which long tapering cue sticks are used to propel ivory (or composition) balls)

pocket billiards; pool (any of various games played on a pool table having 6 pockets)

• CANNON (verb)

Meaning:

Make a cannon

Classified under:

Verbs of fighting, athletic activities

Hypernyms (to "cannon" is one way to...):

hit (cause to move by striking)

Domain category:

billiards (any of several games played on rectangular cloth-covered table (with cushioned edges) in which long tapering cue sticks are used to propel ivory (or composition) balls)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s

Meaning:

Fire a cannon

Classified under:

Verbs of fighting, athletic activities

Hypernyms (to "cannon" is one way to...):

discharge; muster out (release from military service)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s