MINUTE GUN

 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

(military) gun that is discharged once every minute (usually as part of a military funeral)

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Hypernyms ("minute gun" is a kind of...):

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

Domain category:

armed forces; armed services; military; military machine; war machine (the military forces of a nation)

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