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Definition: Cannon |
CannonNoun1. A large artillery gun that is usually on wheels. 2. (medieval) a cylindrical piece of armor plate to protect the arm. 3. Heavy automatic gun fired from an airplane. 4. Lower part of the leg extending from the hock to the fetlock in hoofed mammals. 5. A shot in billiards in which the cue ball contacts one object ball and then the other. Verb1. Make a cannon, in billiards. 2. Fire a cannon. Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Date "cannon" was first used: 1400. (references) |
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Satire | CANNON, n. An instrument employed in the rectification of national boundaries. Source: Devil's Dictionary. |
Biographical Satire | CANNON, Honorable Joseph G., late of the Speaker's Chair, House of Representatives, Washington, U. S. A. For centuries C. occupied the chair, and tenderly protected poor railroads and trusts from the unkind remarks of congressmen who knew things and him. Was finally retired from the chair by the Democrats, and from Congress by his constituents. Grave: 1912 election. Heir: Champ Clark. Ambition: Those good old trusty days once more. Address: The Far Back Woods. Epitaph: R. I. P. Source: Who was Who: 5000BC - 1914. |
Dream Interpretation | This dream denotes that one's home and country are in danger of foreign intrusion, from which our youth will suffer from the perils of war. For a young woman to hear or see cannons, denotes she will be a soldier's wife and will have to bid him godspeed as he marches in defense of her and honor. The reader will have to interpret dreams of this character by the influences surrounding him, and by the experiences stored away in his subjective mind. If you have thought about cannons a great deal and you dream of them when there is no war, they are most likely to warn you against struggle and probable defeat. Or if business is manipulated by yourself successful engagements after much worry and ill luck may ensue. Source: Ten Thousand Dreams Interpreted .... |
Literature | Cannon (in billiards). A corruption of carrom, which is short for carambole. A cannon is when the player's ball strikes the adversary's ball in such a way as to glance off and strike a second ball. Source: Brewer's Dictionary. |
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Annie Jump Cannon ( December 11, 1863 - April 13, 1941), US astronomer.Cannon was born to shipbuilder and state senator, Wilson Cannon, and his second wife, Mary Jump, in Dover, Delaware.
She graduated in physics and astronomy in 1884.
She catalogued about 400.000 stars and ordered them into stellar spectra of types O, B, A, F, G, K, M. This inspired the phrase "Oh, Be A Fine Girl - Kiss Me!" to remember that particular order.
Cannon died in Cambridge, Massachusetts.
Source: adapted by the editor from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia under a copyleft GNU Free Documentation License (GFDL) from the article "Annie Jump Cannon."
(From Wikipedia, the free Encyclopedia)
A cannon is a large, smooth-bored, muzzle-loading gun used before the advent of breech-loading, rifled guns firing explosive shellss.
A cannon is also a modern day machine gun with a bore exceeding 12.5mm.
The word "cannon" is derived from the Latin canna, for tube. The word bombarde was used for cannon but from the early 15th century came to refer only to the largest weapons.
The use of cannon was first recorded in the battles of the early 14th century, for instance, at the siege of Metz in 1324, and by the English against the Scots in 1327. The earliest listing of firearms in an army inventory is in 1326. But the new weapons' popularity is indicated in that by 1350 cannon were regarded "as common and familiar as any [weapon]". The first cannons were of two types, either small guns of cast bronze or larger banded wrought iron cannons. Developments in gunpowder in the 1400s helped speed the military adoption of cannon. However, the actual effectiveness of these early weapons is not clear; the battle reports of the time tend to exaggerate.
The early cannon did not always fire spherical projectiles. For smaller cannon arrow-like rounds were used in the 14th century, sometimes with brass fin stabilisers or inflammable heads. Initially round shot was made of iron but this was soon replaced with stone balls, particularly for larger pieces due to the cost of metals in the 14th century (this situation lasted until the late 15th century). The round shot were sometimes covered in lead to reduce windage. For anti-personnel use massed lead pellets were quickly adopted, but in extremis any small stones, nails or iron scraps would be used as hailshot.
The introduction of wheeled carriages for cannon did not occur until the 15th century. Prior to then the weapons were mounted on sturdy wooden frames. The largest siege bombards would be strapped down to large timber baulks on earthwork platforms and aimed with either the initial platform or by hammering wedges under the front. Timber props supporting thick wooden planks were positioned to absorb the recoil.
In the 16th century the "Great Guns" were classified according to size with such names as "cannon royal," "demi-cannon," "culverin," "demi-culverin," "falcon," "falconer," "minion," &c., but by the 18th century they were classified by the weight of the round shot that they fired. Thus the demi-cannon was described as a 32-pounder. Smaller guns were 18-pounders (culverin), 12-pounders, 9 pounders and 6-pounders. The gun barrel is mounted on a wheeled carriage balanced on two "trunions", the short metal projections on either side of the barrel, the invention of some unknown Dutchman. The angle of elevation could be altered by moving a wooden wedge under the rear end of the gun.
The early big guns were built up from strips of wrought iron, heated until they glowed yellow, and then hammered to weld them together to form the barrel. Rings of iron were forced over the barrel to reinforce it. Smaller guns were cast in brass or bronze, using techniques used for centuries to produce statues. In the 16th century the Dutch developed cast-iron cannon and the technique was imported into England where the first iron cannon was cast in 1543.
Various kinds of shot were fired from cannon:
In 1862 John Gilleland invented a double barreled cannon, which turned out to be a spectacular failure.
- round shot, in early times made from dressed stone, but by the 17th century from iron, was the most accurate projectile that could be fired and was used to batter the wooden hulls of opposing ships, forts, or fixed emplacements
- chain shot, two sub-calibre round shot (a good deal smaller than the bore of the barrel) linked by a length of chain, was used to slash through the rigging and sails of an enemy ship so that it could no longer manoeuvre, but was inaccurate and only used at close ranges
- canister or case shot was an antipersonnel weapon included twelve or so small round shot in a metal can, which broke up when fired scattering the shot thoughout the enemy personnel
- grape shot, similar to canister, but with the shot contained in a canvas bag
The military use of cannon declined in the mid-19th century as fabrication technology improved enough to enable the rifling of gun barrels (which in turn required the introduction of breech loading) and the use of the far more destructive explosive shells.
Other large caliber guns were sometimes called "cannon". During the Second World War, the Royal Air Force fitted 20mm Hispano cannon to its later model fighters. The Luftwaffe also used 20mm cannon and near the end of the war was using some 30mm cannon.
See also: Electrothermal-chemical technology, Artillery
Source: adapted by the editor from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia under a copyleft GNU Free Documentation License (GFDL) from the article "Cannon."
| The following table is compiled from various sources, across various languages. When English abbreviations or acronyms come from a non-English source, this is noted. | |||
| Entry | Source | Expression | Field |
| CAPSL | English | CAnnon Printing System Language, "CaPSL" | Computer - (Canon) |
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Synonyms: CannonSynonyms: carom (n), shank (n). (additional references) |
| Context | Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus). |
Arms | Missile, bolt, projectile, shot, ball; grape; grape shot, canister shot, bar shot, cannon shot, langrel shot, langrage shot, round shot, chain shot; balista, ballista, slung shot, trebucbet, trebucket; bullet, slug, stone, brickbat, grenade, shell, bomb, carcass, rocket; congreve, congreve rocket; shrapnel, mitraille; levin bolt, levin brand; thunderbolt. |
Gun, piece; firearms; artillery, ordnance; siege train, battering train; park, battery; cannon, gun of position, heavy gun, field piece, mortar, howitzer, carronade, culverin, basilisk; falconet, jingal, swivel, pederero, bouche a feu; petard, torpedo; mitrailleur, mitrailleuse; infernal machine; smooth bore, rifled cannon, Armstrong gun, Lancaster gun, Paixhan gun, Whitworth gun, Parrott gun, Krupp gun, Gatling gun, Maxim gun, machine gun; pompom; ten pounder. | |
Combatant | Infantry, infantryman, private, private soldier, foot soldier; Tommy Atkins, rank and file, peon, trooper, sepoy, legionnaire, legionary, cannon fodder, food for powder; officer; (commander); subaltern, ensign, standard bearer; spearman, pikeman; spear bearer; halberdier, lancer; musketeer, carabineer, rifleman, jager, sharpshooter, yager, skirmisher; grenadier, fusileer; archer, bowman. |
Impulse | Percussion, concussion, collision, occursion, clash, encounter, cannon, carambole, appulse, shock, crash, bump; impact; elan; charge; (attack); beating; (punishment). |
Rotundity | Adjective: rotund; round; (circular); cylindric, cylindrical, cylindroid; columnar, lumbriciform; conic, conical; spherical, spheroidal; globular, globated, globous, globose; egg shaped, bell shaped, pear shaped; ovoid, oviform; gibbous; rixiform; campaniform, campanulate, campaniliform; fungiform, bead-like, moniliform, pyriform, bulbous; tres atque rotundus; round as an orange, round as an apple, round as a ball, round as a billiard ball, round as a cannon ball. |
Velocity | Lightning, greased lightning, light, electricity, wind; cannon ball, rocket, arrow, dart, hydrargyrum, quicksilver; telegraph, express train; torrent. |
| Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus. | |
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Screenplays | Confucius say: never use a cannon to kill a mosquito (Entrapment; writing credit: Ronald Bass; Michael Hertzberg) Come on, let's go assemble the cannon fodder (Buffy the Vampire Slayer; writing credit: Doreen Spicer) I'm an artilleryman - I'll bring my cannon. (Helden; writing credit: Eberhard Keindorff; George Bernard Shaw) Out of a cannon, into the sun. (Futurama; writing credit: Lance Smith; Carl Colpaert) We'll build a giant clam cannon! (Codename: Kids Next Door; writing credit: Mr. Warburton; Tom Warburton) | |
Lyrics | So they can try to make you out to look like a loose cannon (Sing For The Moment; performing artist: EMINEM) We fired our cannon till the barrel melted down ("The Battle of New Orleans"; performing artist: Johnny Horton) In the streets I flash the cannon like Kodak (Put Ya Hands Up; performing artist: KISS) Faster than a cannon ball (Champagne Supernova; performing artist: Oasis) Fetch me a cannon ball (The weight; performing artist: Shannon) | |
Movie/TV Titles | Cannon (1971) The Cannon Ball Express (1924) Cleaning and Firing of the Hotchkiss Revolving Cannon on the Battleship Texas (1898) Cannon Movie Tales: Cinderella (2003) The Nick Cannon Show (2002) | |
Song Titles | Palisades Park (performing artist: Freddie Cannon) Way Down Yonder In New Orleans (performing artist: Freddy Cannon) | |
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 | Flash and sound ranging survey as practiced by Charles Wilkes Shoot cannon - see flash - measure time till hear sound - determine distance. Credit: Coast & Geodetic Survey Historical Image Collection. |  | Haystack Rock at Cannon Beach on a misty day. Credit: America's Coastlines. |
 | Cannon Beach looking north towards Tillamook Head. Credit: America's Coastlines. |  | Looking south at Cannon Beach. Haystack Rock is third from right. Credit: Paths Less Taken - NOAA at the Ends of the Earth. |
 | Preparing the cannon and harpoon for whale hunting. In: "From the Surface to the Bottom of the Sea" by H. Bouree, 1912, Fig. 83. P. 93. Library Call Number 525.8 B77. Credit: Sailing for Science - the NOAA Fleet Then and Now. |  | Operation Southern Watch - Cannon AFB F-16 Launches. |
 | Central Medical Department Laboratory, Dijon, France : Portrait of Lt. Col. Walter B. Cannon. Credit: National Library of Medicine. |  | "Loaded Down -- Seaman Leroy Kellam ... weighted down with belts of 20 millimeter cannon ammunition, hustles up the flight deck of USS Essex to load a waiting Banshee fighter. These same shells were spitting death at the Communists in North Korea a short time after this picture was taken." Photograph and caption were released by Commander, Naval Forces, Far East under date of 12 October 1951. Credit: NAVY. |
 | Crew members exercising with a 12-pounder Dahlgren howitzer (on an iron field carriage) on the monitor's deck, probably while she was serving on the James River, Virginia, in 1864-65. Probably photographed by the Matthew Brady organization. Note lookout with telescope atop the turret, dents in turret and conning tower from Confederate cannon shot, and the bitt on deck in the foreground. Credit: NAVY. |  | Men with cannon on battlefield. Credit: Library of Congress. |
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| "Cannon" by Kit Barker Commentary: "A rear view of a cannon in Edinburgh Castle." | "Cannon 01" by Nicholas Sales Commentary: "Cannon." |
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Abraham Lincoln | Friends, I agree with you in Providence; but I believe in the Providence of the most men, the largest purse, and the longest cannon. |
Joseph A. Cannon | Not one cent for scenery. |
| In legislation we all do a lot of "swapping tobacco across the lines." | |
Joseph G. Cannon | The pendulum will swing back. |
| Nearly all legislation is the result of compromise. | |
Oliver Wendell Holmes | The sound of a kiss is not so loud as that of a cannon, but its echo lasts a great deal longer. |
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John Locke | 1690 | And to let us see, that even absolute power, where it is necessary, is not arbitrary by being absolute, but is still limited by that reason, and confined to those ends, which required it in some cases to be absolute, we need look no farther than the common practice of martial discipline: for the preservation of the army, and in it of the whole common-wealth, requires an absolute obedience to the command of every superior officer, and it is justly death to disobey or dispute the most dangerous or unreasonable of them; but yet we see, that neither the serjeant, that could command a soldier to march up to the mouth of a cannon, or stand in a breach, where he is almost sure to perish, can command that soldier to give him one penny of his money; nor the general, that can condemn him to death for deserting his post, or for not obeying the most desperate orders, can yet, with all his absolute power of life and death, dispose of one farthing of that soldier's estate, or seize one jot of his goods; whom yet he can command any thing, and hang for the least disobedience; because such a blind obedience is necessary to that end, for which the commander has his power, viz. (Second Treatise of Government) |
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Les Miserables | Hugo, Victor | There is not one which does not show its cannon ball or its musket shot |
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Business | The key players in the copier market are Cannon, Xerox, Panasonic and Gestetner. (references) | |
The total market for transparencies in Pakistan is approximately 6,000-7,000 boxes per year. The most popular brands available in the market are HP, 3M, Epson, Cannon, and other Chinese and Taiwan made brands. (references) | ||
These include IBM, Microsoft, Novell, Oracle, Unisys, Apple, AT&T, Fujitsu, Motorola, Digital, HP, SGS Thompson, Texas Instrument, Matra, Cannon, Citel, Framatome, Alcatel, Siemens, NEC, Ericsson, Bell South, and MCI Communications. (references) | ||
Economic History | Eritrea | There are several distributors of copier sales service and supplies, including Xerox, cannon, and Olivetti. (references) |
Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits. | ||
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Thomas Jefferson | 1801-1809 | Measures have been already taken for furnishing them with heavy cannon for the service of such land batteries as may make a part of their defense against armed vessels approaching them. |
James Monroe | 1817-1825 | Troops might be moved with great facility in war, with cannon and every kind of munition, and in either direction. |
Ronald Reagan | 1981-1989 | The air is soft, but forty years ago at this moment, the air was dense with smoke and the cries of men, and the air was filled with the crack of rifle fire and the roar of cannon. |
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| "Cannon" is generally used as a noun (singular) -- approximately 71.47% of the time. "Cannon" is used about 616 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Noun (singular) | 71.47% | 441 | 13,108 |
| Noun (proper) | 27.71% | 171 | 23,814 |
| Lexical Verb (infinitive) | 0.49% | 3 | 202,518 |
| Lexical Verb (base form) | 0.32% | 2 | 245,945 |
| Total | 100.00% | 616 | N/A |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
| The following table summarizes the usage of "cannon" based on a population census conducted in the United States. Ranks and frequencies are based on all names reported and classified. |
| Name | Usage/Gender | Usage per 100 million Persons | Rank in USA |
| Cannon | Last name | 30,000 | 373 |
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| Country | Name | Country | Name |
| Japan | Cannon N.T.C. Inc. | USA | Cannon Express, Inc. |
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Source: compiled by the editor from Icon Group International, Inc.
1. Cannon, KY 2. Cannon, MS |
Expressions using "cannon": anitaircraft cannon ♦ cannon AFB ♦ cannon ball ♦ cannon barrel ♦ cannon Beach ♦ cannon bit ♦ Cannon bone ♦ Cannon bullet ♦ cannon County ♦ cannon cracker ♦ cannon Falls ♦ cannon fire ♦ cannon fodder ♦ cannon into ♦ Cannon lock ♦ Cannon metal ♦ Cannon pinion ♦ Cannon proof ♦ cannon shell ♦ cannon shot ♦ Cap of a cannon ♦ Grape of a cannon ♦ hail cannon ♦ loose cannon ♦ lower cannon ♦ round as a cannon ball ♦ small cannon ♦ snow cannon ♦ the cannon roars ♦ upper cannon ♦ water cannon. Additional references. | |
| Hyphenated Usage | |
Beginning with "cannon": cannon-ball, cannon-ball-like, cannon-balls, cannon-barrel, cannon-bone, Cannon-fenske, cannon-fire, cannon-fodder, cannon-founding, cannon-proof, cannon-royal, cannon-shot, cannon-wielding. | |
Ending with "cannon": macro-cannon, water-cannon. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Expression | Frequency per Day | Expression | Frequency per Day |
cannon nick | 6,150 | cannon scanner | 128 |
cannon | 2,337 | civil war cannon | 121 |
cannon beach oregon | 953 | cannon downriggers | 120 |
cannon camera | 826 | cannon printer ink refill | 120 |
cannon beach | 674 | cannon nick photo | 116 |
cannon printer | 665 | b2k cannon nick | 115 |
cannon nick picture | 613 | cannon falls minnesota | 113 |
cannon digital camera | 562 | black powder cannon | 109 |
cannon jill | 290 | water cannon | 104 |
potato cannon | 287 | cannon beach hotel | 103 |
itt cannon | 227 | confetti cannon | 103 |
cannon lyrics nick | 224 | air cannon | 103 |
cannon.com nick | 221 | cannon driver | 101 |
cannon nick pic | 206 | cannon s400 | 98 |
cannon printer driver | 204 | midwest of cannon falls | 92 |
dyan cannon | 172 | cannon ink refill | 92 |
potomac cannon | 171 | cannon g3 | 87 |
cannon a70 | 135 | cannon in d | 84 |
cannon copier | 135 | cannon fodder | 82 |
cannon ink cartridge | 129 | boston cannon | 79 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |||
| Language | Translations for "cannon"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | |
Albanian | cilindër (barrel, cylinder, gabion, opera hat, roller, silk hat, tall hat, top hat, topper), vesh (accredit, apparel, array, arrogate, ascribe, attire, attribute, back, clothe, coat, cover up, Don, dress, ear, endue, enrobe, face, garb, gird, hanger, impute, inlay, invest, line, lug, overlay, paper, pop, pull on, put on, raceme, revet, sheathe, tapestry, throw on, tog, vesture, wear, whack), vegjë (ear, handle, hand-loom, hanger, loom, lug), top (ball, bolt, falconet, field gun, gun, knob, nub, nubble, nugget, piece, soundly), shtie me top, përplasem (bump, bump into, cannon into, clash, collide, crash, dash, foul, hurtle, jar, pound, run into, splash, wash), karambolohem, karambol (billiards, carom, pile up), bëj karambol (carom). (various references) | |
Arabic | مدفع (drake, gun, ordnance), قصف (bombard, bombardment, bombing, feast, hilarity, orgy, peal, revel, revelry, romp, shell, shelling), غفة, سجل إصابة, عروة الجرس المعدنية, إصابة (goal, hit, hitting, infection), أطلق النار (discharge, lead, pull, shoot). (various references) | |
Bulgarian | топ (bundle, gun, masthead, pack, piece, roll, rook), карамбол, оръдие (creature, gun, implement, instrument, pander, piece, tool), мундщук на язда, правя карамбол. (various references) | |
Chinese | 大炮 . (various references) | |
Czech | karambol, kanón (field gun, gun), dìlo (gun). (various references) | |
Danish | kanon (gun, mortar). (various references) | |
Dutch | vuurmond, kettingzang, kanon (gun), canon (canon). (various references) | |
Esperanto | kanono. (various references) | |
Farsi | لوله (Cylinder, Pipe, Roll, Spout, Tube), استوانه (Cylinder, Roller, Shaft), بتوپ بستن (Bombard). (various references) | |
Finnish | tykki (gun). (various references) | |
French | canon (canion, canoness, catch). (various references) | |
German | kanone (equalizer, gat, gun, hardware, rod, shooter, whiz). (various references) | |
Greek | κανόνι (gun). (various references) | |
Hebrew | תותח (gun). (various references) | |
Hungarian | löveg (gun, ordnance), ágyú (artillery, gun, mechanized gun, ordnance). (various references) | |
Indonesian | meriam (ordnance). (various references) | |
Italian | cannone (gun). (various references) | |
Japanese Kanji | 大砲 (artillery, gun). (various references) | |
Japanese Katakana | たいほう (artillery, basic law, gun), おおづつ, ほう (Act, divide, emulate, follow, gun, imitate, information, male phoenix bird, punishment, retribution, salary, side), かんのんほう, キャノン (canon), カノンほう. (various references) | |
Korean | 대포 (Cannons). (various references) | |
Manx | gunn mooar (heavy gun), dy woalley noi, cartharnee (heavy gun), beealraghyn runt, aavuilley (counterblow, reaction, recoil, resonance, return, tintinnabulation), aaventyn. (various references) | |
Norwegian | kanon (gun). (various references) | |
Papiamen | kayon. (various references) | |
Pig Latin | annoncay.(various references) | |
Portuguese | canhão (canzona, canzone, cuff, tent pole). (various references) | |
Romanian | cuzinet (bolster, lining, pillow, roller bearing), carambola, carambol (carom, collision), tunul, tun (gun), sãri într-o parte (swerve), face un carambol, bucşã (axle box, muff, nut, pap), artilerie (artillery, ordnance). (various references) | |
Russian | ухо колокола, карамболь (carom), орудие (ammunition, breech-loader, gun, implement, instrument, tool), обстреливать из пушек, пушка;орудие, пушка (gun). (various references) | |
Scottish | gunna (a gun, gun, rifle). (various references) | |
Serbo-Croatian | topovska grmljavina, top (gun, piece, rook, tower), oruđe (implement, instrument, instrumentality, tool, weapon), naleteti (hit, ram, run in, run into). (various references) | |
Spanish | cañón (Barker, barrel, Canyon, gorge, gun, pinfeather, pipe, quill, scape, shaft, stem, tube). (various references) | |
Swedish | kanon (canon, gun, round). (various references) | |
Turkish | top (ball, bolt, bowl, fagot, fairy, globe, gun, knob, pellet, pill, poof, pouf, pouffe, queen, rifle, roll). (various references) | |
Turkmen | top (ball). (various references) | |
Ukrainian | карамболь (carom), кишенковий злодій, гільза (collet, muff), гармата (gun, muzzle loader), вухо (ear), відскочити при сутичці, обстрілювати з гармат, наштовхнутися (alight, barge into, come across, knock against, run against), налетіти, артилерія (artillery, cannonry, ordnance), букля. (various references) | |
Vietnamese | phát đại bác tầm súng đại bác (cannon-shot), bia thịt (cannon-fodder). (various references) | |
Welsh | cyflegr (battery, gun), magnel (artillery, gun). (various references) | |
Zulu | umbayimbayi. (various references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references. | ||
| Language | Period | Translations |
| Italian | 900-Modern | cannone. (various references) |
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Derivations | |
Words beginning with "cannon": cannonade, cannonaded, cannonades, cannonading, cannonball, cannonballed, cannonballing, cannonballs, cannoned, cannoneer, cannoneers, cannoning, cannonries, cannonry, cannons. (additional references) | |
Words ending with "cannon": colcannon. (additional references) | |
Words containing "cannon": colcannons. (additional references) | |
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"Cannon" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: Cagnoni, canan, Canbon, canion, cannan, cannen, cannin, canno, cannol, Cannop, cano, canonum, canoo, carnmoni, caynon, ceannain, Cennino, cenon, chanoun, cinon, Connop, conon, Cunnan, cunnon, cunon, kahnoh, Kanoun, Kinnon, Krannon, Mannon, Sannox, shanon. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| # of Phoneme Matches | Pronunciation | Word(s) rhyming with "cannon" (pronounced ka"nun) |
| 5 | k a" n u n | Canon. |
| 3 | -n u n | feminine, hemocyanin, Honan, Kronen, linen, melatonin, Mignon, ninon, renin. |
Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits. | ||
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "a-c-n-n-n-o" | |
-1 letter: ancon, canon. | |
-2 letters: anon, conn, nona. | |
-3 letters: can, con, nan, oca. | |
-4 letters: an, na, no, on. | |
| Words containing the letters "a-c-n-n-n-o" | |
+1 letter: cannons. | |
+2 letters: announce, cannelon, cannoned, cannonry, cinnamon, nondance. | |
+3 letters: announced, announcer, announces, annoyance, cannelons, cannonade, cannoneer, cannoning, cantoning, cinnamons, colcannon, consonant, nonacting, nonaction, noncaking, nondancer, nondances. | |
+4 letters: announcers, announcing, annoyances, cannabinol, cannelloni, cannonaded, cannonades, cannonball, cannoneers, cannonries, canonising, canonizing, cantonment, coannexing, colcannons, connivance, consonance, consonancy, consonants, constantan, containing, continuant, inconstant, nanosecond, nonactions, noncabinet, noncentral, nonchalant, noncontact, nondancers, nonnuclear, nonorganic, ordonnance. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. SCRABBLE® is a registered trademark. All intellectual property rights in and to the game are owned in the U.S.A and Canada by Hasbro Inc., and throughout the rest of the world by J.W. Spear & Sons Limited of Maidenhead, Berkshire, England, a subsidiary of Mattel Inc. Mattel and Spear are not affiliated with Hasbro. | |
| 1. Definition 2. Synonyms 3. Crosswords 4. Usage: Modern | 5. Usage: Commercial 6. Images: Slideshow 7. Images: Photo Album 8. Images: Digital Art | 9. Quotations: Familiar 10. Quotations: Historic 11. Quotations: Fiction 12. Quotations: Non-fiction | 13. Quotations: Speeches 14. Usage Frequency 15. Names: Frequency 16. Names: Company Usage | 17. Cities 18. Expressions 19. Expressions: Internet 20. Translations: Modern | 21. Translations: Ancient 22. Abbreviations 23. Acronyms 24. Derivations | 25. Rhymes 26. Anagrams 27. Bibliography |
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