cannon

cannon is a 6-letter English word with 13 senses as noun, noun & verb, and verb in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: of Cannon. Face value is 8 in Scrabble and 12 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.

6 letters · Scrabble 8 · Words With Friends 12 · 13 senses

Definitions

1. plural. of Cannon
2. noun. A great gun; a piece of ordnance or artillery; a firearm for discharging heavy shot with great force.
3. noun. A hollow cylindrical piece carried by a revolving shaft, on which it may, however, revolve independently.
4. noun. A kind of type. See Canon.
5. noun & verb. See Carom.
6. noun. a shot in billiards in which the cue ball contacts one object ball and then the other

   Synonyms: carom

7. noun. lower part of the leg extending from the hock to the fetlock in hoofed mammals

   Synonyms: shank

8. noun. a large artillery gun that is usually on wheels
9. noun. heavy automatic gun fired from an airplane
10. noun. (Middle Ages) a cylindrical piece of armor plate to protect the arm
11. noun. heavy gun fired from a tank
12. verb. fire a cannon
13. verb. make a cannon

Synonyms

carom, shank

Common word forms

cannons, cannoned, cannoning

Words from these letters

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