cannon

/ˈkæn.ən/ sustantivo B2

En español: cañón

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
Any similar device for shooting material out of a tube. (countable, uncountable) · water cannon; glitter cannon; confetti cannon; potato cannon
An autocannon. (countable, uncountable)
A bone of a horse’s leg, between the fetlock joint and the knee or hock. (countable, uncountable)
A rolled and filleted loin of meat. (countable, uncountable) · a canon of beef or lamb
A cannon bit. (countable, uncountable)
A large muzzle-loading artillery piece. (countable, uncountable) · Near-synonym: gun (often synonymous)
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

Otras coincidencias

cannon cañonear, chocar violentamente, hacer carambola C2

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