NAVAL GUN

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 I. (noun) 

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Meaning:

Naval weaponry consisting of a large gun carried on a warship

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

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

naval weaponry (weaponry for warships)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "naval gun"):

stern chaser (a naval gun able to fire astern at a ship in chase)

Holonyms ("naval gun" is a part of...):

combat ship; war vessel; warship (a government ship that is available for waging war)

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