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    ARTILLERY

    Pronunciation (US): Play  (GB): Play

     I. (noun) 

    Sense 1

    Meaning:

    Large but transportable armamentplay

    Synonyms:

    artillery; gun; heavy weapon; ordnance

    Classified under:

    Nouns denoting man-made objects

    Hypernyms ("artillery" is a kind of...):

    armament (weaponry used by military or naval force)

    Meronyms (parts of "artillery"):

    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 "artillery"):

    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 ("artillery" is a part of...):

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

    Sense 2

    Meaning:

    A means of persuading or arguingplay

    Example:

    he used all his conversational weapons

    Synonyms:

    artillery; weapon

    Classified under:

    Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents

    Hypernyms ("artillery" is a kind of...):

    persuasion; suasion (the act of persuading (or attempting to persuade); communication intended to induce belief or action)

    Sense 3

    Meaning:

    An army unit that uses big gunsplay

    Synonyms:

    artillery; artillery unit

    Classified under:

    Nouns denoting groupings of people or objects

    Hypernyms ("artillery" is a kind of...):

    army unit (a military unit that is part of an army)

    Domain category:

    armed forces; armed services; military; military machine; war machine (the military forces of a nation)

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

    battery (group of guns or missile launchers operated together at one place)

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