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cannon

/ˈkæn.ən/ noun B2
  1. A complete assembly, consisting of an artillery tube and a breech mechanism, firing mechanism or base cap, which is a component of a gun, howitzer or mortar, which may include muzzle appendages. (countable, uncountable) · Holonyms: gun, field gun; howitzer; mortar
  2. Any similar device for shooting material out of a tube. (countable, uncountable) · water cannon; glitter cannon; confetti cannon; potato cannon
  3. An autocannon. (countable, uncountable)
  4. A bone of a horse’s leg, between the fetlock joint and the knee or hock. (countable, uncountable)
  5. A rolled and filleted loin of meat. (countable, uncountable) · a canon of beef or lamb
  6. A cannon bit. (countable, uncountable)
  7. A large muzzle-loading artillery piece. (countable, uncountable) · Near-synonym: gun (often synonymous)
  8. A carom. (countable, uncountable)

Plural cannons

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Again a head shot swiftly out, and the great Lion went rolling down the hill as if he had been struck by a cannon ball.
The Wonderful Wizard of Oz, p. 138 · B2
And to fire the penny cannon in the bow.
A Child's Garden of Verses, p. 15 · C1
“I’d rather walk up to a cannon’s mouth.
Anne of Green Gables, p. 154 · C1
The cannon will warn everyone to refuse shelter to a man wandering about naked and famished.
The Count of Monte Cristo, p. 225 · C1

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