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HEAVY WEAPON
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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 ("heavy weapon" is a kind of...):
armament (weaponry used by military or naval force)
Meronyms (parts of "heavy weapon"):
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 "heavy weapon"):
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 ("heavy weapon" is a part of...):
battery (a collection of related things intended for use together)
