cannon

cannon
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(New American Roget's College Thesaurus)
n. gun, field gun or piece; artillery, ordnance, battery. See arms.
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(Roget's IV) n. Types of cannon include: self-propelled, muzzle-loading, muzzle-loader, breech-loading, breechloader, demi, whole cannon, cannon of seven, cannon of eight, royal cannon, tank destroyer, turret, mountain, siege, coast defense, field, antiaircraft, railway, stratosphere, antitank, bazooka, knee mortar, bombardelle, serpentine, carronade, pompom, recoilless rifle, Howitzer, Bren, Woolwich, Fraser, Armstrong, Parrot, Quaker, Lyle, lifesaving gun. Some famous cannons include --- 14th century: Bombard, Ribeaudequin, Basilica; 15th century: English cannon; 17th century: Rabinet, Falconet, Culverin Bastard, Cannon Royal; 18th century: American Revolutionary cannon, Howitzer; 19th century: Columbiad, Union, Army Mortar, French 75mm; 20th century: Big Bertha or Krupp cannon, 75 mm and 105mm Howitzer, 155mm Howitzer, 8-inch Howitzer; see also gun 1 .
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(Roget's 3 Superthesaurus) n.
gun, howitzer, mortar, heavy artillery, ordnance, *Big Bertha, *Long Tom.
WORD FIND
• case of projectiles: canister
• cast iron balls: grapeshot
• continuous firing: cannonade, barrage, salvo
• gunner: cannoneer
• kick: recoil
• shipboard antiaircraft guns: pompom
see army, gun, weapon

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  • Cannon — Can non, n.; pl. {Cannons}, collectively {Cannon}. [F. cannon, fr. L. canna reed, pipe, tube. See {Cane}.] 1. A great gun; a piece of ordnance or artillery; a firearm for discharging heavy shot with great force. [1913 Webster] Note: Cannons are… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

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  • cannon — [kan′ən] n. pl. cannons or cannon [ME & OFr canon < It cannone < canna: see CANE; in CANNON n. 5 & vt. 2, vi. 2, altered < CAROM] 1. a) a large, mounted piece of …   English World dictionary

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  • Cannon —   [ kænən],    1) Anny Jump, amerikanische Astronomin, * Dover (Delaware) 11. 12. 1863, ✝ Cambridge (Massachusetts) 13. 4. 1941; wirkte am Harvard Observatorium; entwickelte eine Sternklassifizierung nach Spektralklassen (die Harvard… …   Universal-Lexikon

  • cannon — 1. This word for a large gun is now confined, apart from its historical reference, to a shell firing gun in aircraft (a use first recorded in 1919). Historically the word is used both as an ordinary noun (with plural cannons), and as a collective …   Modern English usage

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