Cannon ball Meaning, Definition & Usage
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noun a solid projectile that in former times was fired from a cannon
cannonball; round shot.
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- strictly, a round solid missile of stone or iron made to be fired from a cannon, but now often applied to a missile of any shape, whether solid or hollow, made for cannon. Elongated and cylindrical missiles are sometimes called bolts; hollow ones charged with explosives are properly called shells.
