artillery (noun)
1artillery — noun ADJECTIVE ▪ field ▪ heavy ▪ The enemy has enough heavy artillery to win the war. ▪ anti aircraft ▪ air defence/air defense …
2artillery — ► NOUN 1) large calibre guns used in warfare on land. 2) a branch of the armed forces trained to use artillery. ORIGIN Old French artillerie, from atillier equip, arm …
3artillery — noun (plural leries) Etymology: Middle English artillerie, from Anglo French, from artiller to equip, arm, alteration of Old French atillier, from Vulgar Latin *apticulare, from Latin aptare to don, prepare, fit more at adapt Date: 15th century …
4artillery — noun 1 (U) large guns, especially ones on wheels or fixed in one place, such as on a ship 2 the artillery the part of the army that uses these weapons …
5artillery fire — noun fire delivered by artillery (Freq. 1) • Syn: ↑cannon fire • Hypernyms: ↑fire, ↑firing • Hyponyms: ↑cannonade, ↑drumfire, ↑ …
6artillery shell — noun a shell fired by artillery • Hypernyms: ↑shell …
7artillery unit — noun an army unit that uses big guns • Syn: ↑artillery • Topics: ↑military, ↑armed forces, ↑armed services, ↑military machine, ↑war machine • Hypernyms: ↑ …
8artillery plant — noun tropical American stingless nettle that discharges its pollen explosively • Syn: ↑Pilea microphylla • Hypernyms: ↑nettle • Member Holonyms: ↑Pilea, ↑genus Pilea * * * noun : a tropical …
9artillery — noun /ɑːˈtɪləɹi,ɑɹˈtɪləɹi/ a) Large cannon like weapons, transportable and usually operated by more than one person. b) A unit of the army, that uses such weapons …
10artillery wheel — noun : a heavily built dished wheel with a long axle box used on gun carriages and usually having 14 spokes and 7 fellies …
