artillery
English Thesaurus
1. large but transportable armament (noun.artifact)
| hypernym | : | armament, |
| definition | : | weaponry used by military or naval force (noun.artifact) |
| hyponym | : | cannon, |
| definition | : | a large artillery gun that is usually on wheels (noun.artifact) |
| hyponym | : | field artillery, field gun, |
| definition | : | movable artillery (other than antiaircraft) used by armies in the field (especially for direct support of front-line troops) (noun.artifact) |
| hyponym | : | four-pounder, |
| definition | : | an artillery gun that throws a shot weighing four pounds (noun.artifact) |
| part holonym | : | gunstock, stock, |
| definition | : | the handle of a handgun or the butt end of a rifle or shotgun or part of the support of a machine gun or artillery gun (noun.artifact) |
| part meronym | : | battery, |
| definition | : | a collection of related things intended for use together (noun.group) |
2. a means of persuading or arguing (noun.communication)
| hypernym | : | persuasion, suasion, |
| definition | : | the act of persuading (or attempting to persuade); communication intended to induce belief or action (noun.communication) |
3. an army unit that uses big guns (noun.group)
| hypernym | : | army unit, |
| definition | : | a military unit that is part of an army (noun.group) |
| hyponym | : | battery, |
| definition | : | group of guns or missile launchers operated together at one place (noun.group) |
4. large but transportable armament (noun.artifact)
| derivation | : | gun, |
| definition | : | shoot with a gun (verb.competition) |
| derivation | : | gun, |
| definition | : | shoot with a gun (verb.competition) |
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