cannon

/ˈkæn.ən/noun
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1

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.

2

Any similar device for shooting material out of a tube.

3

An autocannon.

4

A bone of a horse’s leg, between the fetlock joint and the knee or hock.

5

A rolled and filleted loin of meat.

6

A cannon bit.

7

A large muzzle-loading artillery piece.

8

A carom.

9

The arm of a player who can throw well.

10

A hollow cylindrical piece carried by a revolving shaft, on which it may, however, revolve independently.

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