POM-POM

Pronunciation (US): (GB):

Meaning:

Artillery designed to shoot upward at airplanes

Synonyms:

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Hypernyms ("pom-pom" is a kind of...):

gun (a weapon that discharges a missile at high velocity (especially from a metal tube or barrel))

Meronyms (parts of "pom-pom"):

predictor (a computer for controlling antiaircraft fire that computes the position of an aircraft at the instant of a shell's arrival)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "pom-pom"):

Bofors gun (an automatic double-barreled antiaircraft gun)

Meaning:

Decoration consisting of a ball of tufted wool or silk; usually worn on a hat

Synonyms:

pom-pom; pompon

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Hypernyms ("pom-pom" is a kind of...):

adornment (a decoration of color or interest that is added to relieve plainness)