WordNet Search - 3.1

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Noun

S: (n) cannon (a large artillery gun that is usually on wheels)

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S: (n) artillery, heavy weapon, gun, ordnance (large but transportable armament)

S: (n) armament (weaponry used by military or naval force)

S: (n) weaponry, arms, implements of war, weapons system, munition (weapons considered collectively)

S: (n) instrumentality, instrumentation (an artifact (or system of artifacts) that is instrumental in accomplishing some end)

S: (n) artifact, artefact (a man-made object taken as a whole)

S: (n) whole, unit (an assemblage of parts that is regarded as a single entity) "how big is that part compared to the whole?"; "the team is a unit"

S: (n) object, physical object (a tangible and visible entity; an entity that can cast a shadow) "it was full of rackets, balls and other objects"

S: (n) physical entity (an entity that has physical existence)

S: (n) entity (that which is perceived or known or inferred to have its own distinct existence (living or nonliving))

derivationally related form

W: (n) cannoneer [Related to: cannon] (a serviceman in the artillery)
W: (v) cannon [Related to: cannon] (fire a cannon)

S: (n) cannon (heavy gun fired from a tank)
S: (n) cannon ((Middle Ages) a cylindrical piece of armor plate to protect the arm)
S: (n) cannon (heavy automatic gun fired from an airplane)
S: (n) cannon, shank (lower part of the leg extending from the hock to the fetlock in hoofed mammals)

S: (n) carom, cannon (a shot in billiards in which the cue ball contacts one object ball and then the other)

Verb

S: (v) cannon (make a cannon)
S: (v) cannon (fire a cannon)

direct hypernym / inherited hypernym / sister term
derivationally related form

W: (n) cannon [Related to: cannon] (heavy automatic gun fired from an airplane)
W: (n) cannon [Related to: cannon] (a large artillery gun that is usually on wheels)
W: (n) cannoneer [Related to: cannon] (a serviceman in the artillery)

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