NOUN | artifact | heavy weapon, artillery, gun, ordnance | large but transportable armament |
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Meaning | large but transportable armament. | |
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Synonyms | artillery, gun, ordnance | |
Part of | battery | A collection of related things intended for use together |
Parts | stock, gunstock | 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 |
Narrower | 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 | |
Broader | armament | weaponry used by military or naval force |
Spanish | arma, artillería, heavy weapon | |
Catalan | arma, artilleria, heavy weapon |
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