Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun cannon

6 senses of cannon

Sense 1
cannon -- (a large artillery gun that is usually on wheels)
       => artillery, heavy weapon, gun, ordnance -- (large but transportable armament)

Sense 2
cannon -- (heavy gun fired from a tank)
       => gun -- (a weapon that discharges a missile at high velocity (especially from a metal tube or barrel))

Sense 3
cannon -- ((Middle Ages) a cylindrical piece of armor plate to protect the arm)
       => armor plate, armour plate, armor plating, plate armor, plate armour -- (specially hardened steel plate used to protect fortifications or vehicles from enemy fire)

Sense 4
cannon -- (heavy automatic gun fired from an airplane)
       => gun -- (a weapon that discharges a missile at high velocity (especially from a metal tube or barrel))

Sense 5
cannon, shank -- (lower part of the leg extending from the hock to the fetlock in hoofed mammals)
       => body part -- (any part of an organism such as an organ or extremity)

Sense 6
carom, cannon -- (a shot in billiards in which the cue ball contacts one object ball and then the other)
       => stroke, shot -- ((sports) the act of swinging or striking at a ball with a club or racket or bat or cue or hand; "it took two strokes to get out of the bunker"; "a good shot requires good balance and tempo"; "he left me an almost impossible shot")

Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of verb cannon

2 senses of cannon

Sense 1
cannon -- (make a cannon)
       => hit -- (cause to move by striking; "hit a ball")

Sense 2
cannon -- (fire a cannon)
       => discharge, muster out -- (release from military service)