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 Definitions of cannon  [ˈkæn ən]  

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Definition of 'cannon' Random House Webster's College Dictionary 

1. (n.) cannon
a mounted gun for firing heavy projectiles; gun, howitzer, or mortar.

2.  cannon
the metal loop on a bell by which it is hung.

3.  cannon
the part of the leg in which the cannon bone is situated.

4. (v.i.) cannon
to discharge cannon.

5. (n.) Cannon
Joseph Gurney, (“Uncle Joe”), 1836–1926, U.S. legislator.


Definition of 'cannon' Princeton's WordNet 

1. (noun) cannon
a large artillery gun that is usually on wheels

2. (noun) cannon
heavy gun fired from a tank

3. (noun) cannon
(Middle Ages) a cylindrical piece of armor plate to protect the arm

4. (noun) cannon
heavy automatic gun fired from an airplane

5. (noun) cannon, shank
lower part of the leg extending from the hock to the fetlock in hoofed mammals

6. (verb) carom, cannon
a shot in billiards in which the cue ball contacts one object ball and then the other

7. (verb) cannon
make a cannon

8. (verb) cannon
fire a cannon


Definition of 'cannon' Kernerman English Learner’s Dictionary 

1. (noun) cannon
a large heavy gun on wheels, used in past


Definition of 'cannon' Webster Dictionary 

1. (noun) cannon
a great gun; a piece of ordnance or artillery; a firearm for discharging heavy shot with great force

2. (noun) cannon
a hollow cylindrical piece carried by a revolving shaft, on which it may, however, revolve independently

3. (noun) cannon
a kind of type. See Canon

4.  cannon
of Cannon

5.  cannon
see Carom


Translation of 'cannon' Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary 

Sense: a type of large gun used formerly, mounted on a carriage.

Afrikaans flag Afrikaans: kanon Arabic flag Arabic: مَدْفَع Bulgarian flag Bulgarian: топ
Brazilian flag Brazilian: canhão Czech flag Czech: kanón, dělo German flag German: die Kanone
Danish flag Danish: kanon Greek flag Greek: κανόνι Spanish flag Spanish: cañón
Estonian flag Estonian: suurtükk Farsi flag Farsi: توپ Finnish flag Finnish: kanuuna
French flag French: canon Hebrew flag Hebrew: תּוֹתָח Hindi flag Hindi: तोप
Croatian flag Croatian: top Hungarian flag Hungarian: ágyú Indonesian flag Indonesian: meriam
Icelandic flag Icelandic: fallbyssa Italian flag Italian: cannone Japanese flag Japanese: 大砲
Korean flag Korean: 대포 Lithuanian flag Lithuanian: pabūklas, patranka Latvian flag Latvian: lielgabals
Malay flag Malay: meriam Dutch flag Dutch: kanon Norwegian flag Norwegian: kanon
Polish flag Polish: armata, działo Persian flag Persian: توپ Pashto flag Pashto: توپ، توپخانه
Portuguese flag Portuguese: canhão Romanian flag Romanian: tun Russian flag Russian: пушка
Slovak flag Slovak: kanón Slovenian flag Slovenian: top Serbian flag Serbian: top
Swedish flag Swedish: kanon Thai flag Thai: ปืนใหญ่ Turkish flag Turkish: top
Taiwanese flag Taiwanese: 加農砲,大砲,機關砲 Ukrainian flag Ukrainian: гармата Urdu flag Urdu: توپ
Vietnamese flag Vietnamese: súng đại bác Chinese flag Chinese: 加农炮,大炮

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