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cannon  [kan-uhn]
Part of Speech: noun
Definition: large gun
Synonyms: Big Bertha, Long Tom, heavy artillery, howitzer, mortar, ordnance
Notes: a cannon is a large mounted artillery gun or a large artillery gun that is on wheels that fires heavy projectiles while a canon is an ecclesiastical law or code of laws established by a church council or a priest who is a member of a cathedral chapter
Main Entry: cement
Part of Speech: verb
Definition: attach securely, often with sticky material
Synonyms: bind, blend, bond, cohere, combine, connect, fasten, fuse, glue, gum, join, merge, mortar, paste, plaster, seal, solder, stick together, unite, weld
Antonyms: divide, separate, unfix
Main Entry: gun
Part of Speech: noun
Definition: weapon that shoots
Synonyms: 9 mm., Saturday-night special, Uzi, blaster, cannon, difference*, equalizer, flintlock, forty-five, handgun, hardware, howitzer, magnum, mortar, musket, ordnance, peashooter, persuader, piece*, pistol, revolver, rifle, rod, shotgun, thirty-eight
* = informal/non-formal usage
Example Sentences
  • Brick and mortar stores can't start confiscating cell phones at the door.
  • When troops set up camp in areas of conflict, they face the threat of incoming mortar shells.
  • With a large mortar and pestle, pound the coriander, garlic and salt to paste.
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Main Entry: plaster
Part of Speech: noun
Definition: thick, gooey material that hardens
Synonyms: adhesive, binding, cement, coat, dressing, glue, gum, gypsum, lime, mortar, mucilage, paste, plaster of Paris, stucco
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