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ARTILLERY
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Large but transportable armament
Synonyms:
artillery; gun; heavy weapon; ordnance
Classified under:
Nouns denoting man-made objects
Hypernyms ("artillery" is a kind of...):
armament (weaponry used by military or naval force)
Meronyms (parts of "artillery"):
gunstock; stock (the handle of a handgun or the butt end of a rifle or shotgun or part of the support of a machine gun or artillery gun)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "artillery"):
cannon (a large artillery gun that is usually on wheels)
field artillery; field gun (movable artillery (other than antiaircraft) used by armies in the field (especially for direct support of front-line troops))
four-pounder (an artillery gun that throws a shot weighing four pounds)
Holonyms ("artillery" is a part of...):
battery (a collection of related things intended for use together)
Sense 2
Meaning:
A means of persuading or arguing
Example:
he used all his conversational weapons
Synonyms:
artillery; weapon
Classified under:
Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents
Hypernyms ("artillery" is a kind of...):
persuasion; suasion (the act of persuading (or attempting to persuade); communication intended to induce belief or action)
Sense 3
Meaning:
An army unit that uses big guns
Synonyms:
artillery; artillery unit
Classified under:
Nouns denoting groupings of people or objects
Hypernyms ("artillery" is a kind of...):
army unit (a military unit that is part of an army)
Domain category:
armed forces; armed services; military; military machine; war machine (the military forces of a nation)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "artillery"):
battery (group of guns or missile launchers operated together at one place)
