/ English Dictionary

HEAVY WEAPON

Pronunciation (US):

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 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Large but transportable armament

Synonyms:

artillery; gun; heavy weapon; ordnance

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Hypernyms ("heavy weapon" is a kind of...):

armament (weaponry used by military or naval force)

Meronyms (parts of "heavy weapon"):

gunstock; stock (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)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "heavy weapon"):

cannon (a large artillery gun that is usually on wheels)

field artillery; field gun (movable artillery (other than antiaircraft) used by armies in the field (especially for direct support of front-line troops))

four-pounder (an artillery gun that throws a shot weighing four pounds)

Holonyms ("heavy weapon" is a part of...):

battery (a collection of related things intended for use together)

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