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canó — meaning in English

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English meaning

  • barrel noun A large, round wooden or metal container, usually bulging in the middle, used to store liquids or other goods.
  • cannon noun A large, mounted gun that fires heavy projectiles, historically used in warfare.
  • flue noun A pipe or duct that carries smoke or hot gases away from a fire, furnace, or boiler.
  • gun noun A weapon that fires bullets or shells using an explosive charge, ranging from handguns to rifles and artillery.
  • quill noun The hollow central shaft of a bird's feather.

Senses

canó is used for these senses in English:

  • barrel A metallic tube, as of a gun, from which a projectile is discharged.
  • flue A pipe or duct that carries gaseous combustion products away from the point of combustion (such as a furnace).
  • flue An enclosed passageway in which to direct a current of air or other gases along.
  • gun (military) A cannon with relatively long barrel, operating with relatively low angle of fire, and having a high muzzle velocity.
  • quill Something having the form of a quill, such as the fold or plain of a ruff, or (weaving) a spindle, or spool, upon which the thread for the woof is wound in a shuttle.

barrel — full definition

  1. noun A large, round wooden or metal container, usually bulging in the middle, used to store liquids or other goods.
  2. noun A unit of volume, especially for measuring oil.
  3. noun The long metal tube of a gun through which a bullet travels.
  4. verb To move very fast, often in an uncontrolled way.

cannon — full definition

  1. noun A large, mounted gun that fires heavy projectiles, historically used in warfare.
  2. verb To collide with something violently.
  3. verb To bombard something with cannon fire.

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