cannoned

Meanings

• The act of firing a large gun, especially as part of a military ceremony.

  - "During the grand parade, the soldiers fired their cannons to mark the occasion."
  - "The roar of the cannon echoed through the valley, startling the wildlife."

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Rhymes

Words rhyming with cannoned
cannonball , cannonade , annonas , apocalypses , pyros , chronicles , syllogisms , philosophies , mythologies , symbolologies , cosmologies , geologies , biologies , ecologies , agrologies , aquacultures , meteorologies , marine geologies , petrology , geochemistry , volcanology , seismology , hydrology , ecohydrology , geomorphology , sedimentology , palynology , geobotany , geomycology , geozoology , paleontology , stratigraphy

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Homophones

Words having the same pronunciation but different meanings, origins, or spelling,

1. cannon (English) : A large gun with a tubular barrel.
   

2. cannon (French) : A tall vertical structure, often used as a monument or a landmark.
   

3. cannon (Greek) : A large heavy object, often used for crushing or grinding other materials.
   

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Variants

List of all variants of cannoned that leads to same result
cannon , cannoned , cannoning , cannons

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Etymology

origin and the way in which meanings have changed throughout history.

The word 'cannon' comes from the Old French word 'canon' which means 'a tube' or 'a rule'. The term was later adopted by the English language to refer to large guns with tubular barrels.

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Trivia

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1. {"question"=>"In which decade was the term 'cannon' first used to refer to a large gun?", "answer"=>"The term 'cannon' was first used to refer to a large gun in the late 15th or early 16th century. This was around the time when large guns with tubular barrels began to replace the earlier types of guns, such as the 'bombard' or the 'mangonel'. The use of the term 'cannon' to refer to a large gun became widespread during the 16th and 17th centuries, as the use of large guns with tubular barrels became increasingly common in military warfare."}

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How to Memorize "cannoned"

1. mnemonic
   

   - To remember the definition of 'cannon', imagine a large gun being fired. The sound of the gun being fired can be thought of as the 'can' part of the word 'cannon'. The 'non' part of the word can be thought of as the 'non-explosive' or 'non-flammable' components of the gun.

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