HOWITZER

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 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

A muzzle-loading high-angle gun with a short barrel that fires shells at high elevations for a short range

Synonyms:

howitzer; mortar; trench mortar

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

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

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

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