CANNON BALL

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does cannon ball mean? 

• CANNON BALL (noun)
  The noun CANNON BALL has 1 sense:

1. a solid projectile that in former times was fired from a cannon

  Familiarity information: CANNON BALL used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• CANNON BALL (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A solid projectile that in former times was fired from a cannon

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Synonyms:

cannon ball; cannonball; round shot

Hypernyms ("cannon ball" is a kind of...):

missile; projectile (a weapon that is forcibly thrown or projected at a targets but is not self-propelled)

 Context examples 

Again a head shot swiftly out, and the great Lion went rolling down the hill as if he had been struck by a cannon ball.

(The Wonderful Wizard of Oz, by L. Frank Baum)