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The answer CANNON has 205 possible clue(s) in existing crosswords.
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Definitions of cannon in various dictionaries:
noun - a large artillery gun that is usually on wheels
noun - heavy gun fired from a tank
noun - (Middle Ages) a cylindrical piece of armor plate to protect the arm
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| This word for a large piece of artillery comes from the Italian for "great tube" |
| A person whose reckless behavior puts others in danger is a "loose" one of these |
| A linstock was the long stick once used to hold the match when firing this weapon |
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| The loop at the top of a bell by which it is hung. |
| A large mounted weapon that fires heavy projectiles. Cannon include guns, howitzers, and mortars. |
| To fire cannon. |
| Chiefly British To make a carom in billiards. |
| Chiefly British To cause to carom in billiards. |
| To bombard with cannon. |
| Chiefly British A carom made in billiards. |
| Zoology The section of the lower leg in some hoofed mammals between the hock or knee and the fetlock, containing the cannon bone. |
| A round bit for a horse. |
| heavy automatic gun fired from an airplane |
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| A cannon (plural: cannon or cannons) is a type of gun classified as artillery that launches a projectile using propellant. In the past, gunpowder was the primary propellant before the invention of smokeless powder in the 19th century. Cannon vary in caliber, range, mobility, rate of fire, angle of fire, and firepower; different forms of cannon combine and balance these attributes in varying degrees, depending on their intended use on the battlefield. The word cannon is derived from several languages, in which the original definition can usually be translated as tube, cane, or reed. In the modern era, the term cannon has fallen into decline, replaced by guns or artillery if not a more specific term such as mortar or howitzer, except for high calibre automatic weapons firing bigger rounds than machine guns, called autocannons.The earliest known depiction of cannon appeared in Song dynasty China as early as the 12th century, however solid archaeological and documentary evidence of cannon |