cannon
noun
Key Types & categories Parts & wholes Related & opposite
- Word type
- noun
- verb
- adjective
- adverb
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- core relation
- instance, member or derived
- substance, domain or see-also
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Senses
Sense 1 noun
a large artillery gun that is usually on wheels
Types & categories
- artillery hypernym
- basilisk hyponym
- culverin hyponym
- harpoon gun hyponym
- high-angle gun hyponym
- long tom hyponym
Related & opposite
- artilleryman derivation
- cannon derivation
Sense 2 verb
make a cannon
Types & categories
- hit hypernym
Related & opposite
Sense 3 noun
heavy gun fired from a tank
Types & categories
- gun hypernym
Parts & wholes
- tank part holonym
Related & opposite
- artilleryman derivation
Sense 4 verb
fire a cannon
Types & categories
- muster out hypernym
Related & opposite
- cannon derivation
- cannon derivation
- artilleryman derivation
Sense 5 noun
(Middle Ages) a cylindrical piece of armor plate to protect the arm
Types & categories
- armor plate hypernym
- rerebrace hyponym
- vambrace hyponym
Parts & wholes
- body armor part holonym
Related & opposite
- Middle Ages domain topic
Sense 6 noun
heavy automatic gun fired from an airplane
Types & categories
- gun hypernym
Parts & wholes
- bomber part holonym
Related & opposite
- artilleryman derivation
- cannon derivation
Sense 7 noun
lower part of the leg extending from the hock to the fetlock in hoofed mammals
Types & categories
- body part hypernym
Parts & wholes
- ungulate part holonym
- animal leg part holonym
- cannon bone part meronym
Sense 8 noun
a shot in billiards in which the cue ball contacts one object ball and then the other
Types & categories
- stroke hypernym
Parts & wholes
- billiards part holonym
- pocket billiards part holonym
Related & opposite
Table view of this graph
| Sense | Relation | Group | Word |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | artilleryman |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | cannon |
| 1 | hypernym | Types & categories | artillery |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | basilisk |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | culverin |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | harpoon gun |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | high-angle gun |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | long tom |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | carom |
| 2 | domain topic | Related & opposite | billiards |
| 2 | hypernym | Types & categories | hit |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | artilleryman |
| 3 | part holonym | Parts & wholes | tank |
| 3 | hypernym | Types & categories | gun |
| 4 | derivation | Related & opposite | cannon |
| 4 | derivation | Related & opposite | cannon |
| 4 | derivation | Related & opposite | artilleryman |
| 4 | hypernym | Types & categories | muster out |
| 5 | domain topic | Related & opposite | Middle Ages |
| 5 | part holonym | Parts & wholes | body armor |
| 5 | hypernym | Types & categories | armor plate |
| 5 | hyponym | Types & categories | rerebrace |
| 5 | hyponym | Types & categories | vambrace |
| 6 | derivation | Related & opposite | artilleryman |
| 6 | derivation | Related & opposite | cannon |
| 6 | part holonym | Parts & wholes | bomber |
| 6 | hypernym | Types & categories | gun |
| 7 | part holonym | Parts & wholes | ungulate |
| 7 | part holonym | Parts & wholes | animal leg |
| 7 | part meronym | Parts & wholes | cannon bone |
| 7 | hypernym | Types & categories | body part |
| 8 | derivation | Related & opposite | cannon |
| 8 | derivation | Related & opposite | carom |
| 8 | part holonym | Parts & wholes | billiards |
| 8 | part holonym | Parts & wholes | pocket billiards |
| 8 | hypernym | Types & categories | stroke |