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CANNON
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
A shot in billiards in which the cue ball contacts one object ball and then the other
Synonyms:
cannon; carom
Classified under:
Nouns denoting acts or actions
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)
Derivation:
cannon (make a cannon)
Sense 2
Meaning:
Lower part of the leg extending from the hock to the fetlock in hoofed mammals
Synonyms:
cannon; shank
Classified under:
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)
Sense 3
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"):
basilisk (ancient brass cannon)
culverin (a heavy cannon with a long barrel used in the 16th and 17th centuries)
harpoon gun (a cannon or similar gun that fires harpoons)
high-angle gun (a cannon that can be fired at a high elevation for relatively short ranges)
long tom (a long swivel cannon formerly used by the navy)
Derivation:
cannon (fire a cannon)
cannoneer (a serviceman in the artillery)
Sense 4
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)
Derivation:
cannon (fire a cannon)
cannoneer (a serviceman in the artillery)
Sense 5
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)
Sense 6
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)
Derivation:
cannoneer (a serviceman in the artillery)
II. (verb)
Sense 1
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
Derivation:
cannon (a large artillery gun that is usually on wheels)
cannon (heavy automatic gun fired from an airplane)
cannoneer (a serviceman in the artillery)
Sense 2
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
Derivation:
cannon (a shot in billiards in which the cue ball contacts one object ball and then the other)
Context examples:
Here I lay down, near a cannon; and, happy in the society of the sentry's footsteps, though he knew no more of my being above him than the boys at Salem House had known of my lying by the wall, slept soundly until morning.
(David Copperfield, by Charles Dickens)
How many it had cost in the amassing, what blood and sorrow, what good ships scuttled on the deep, what brave men walking the plank blindfold, what shot of cannon, what shame and lies and cruelty, perhaps no man alive could tell.
(Treasure Island, by Robert Louis Stevenson)
