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canhão meaning in English

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canhão noun
{m}

cannon [cannons](artillery piece)
noun
[UK: ˈkæ.nən] [US: ˈkæ.nən]

canyon [canyons](a valley cut in rock by a river)
noun
[UK: ˈkæ.njən] [US: ˈkæ.njən]

gun [guns]((military) A cannon with relatively long barrel, operating with relatively low angle of fire, and having a high muzzle velocity)
noun
[UK: ɡʌn] [US: ˈɡən]

canhão Armstrong noun
{m}

Armstrong gun(a wrought iron breechloading cannon)
noun

canhão automático noun
{m}

autocannon(weapon)
noun
[UK: ˌɔːtəʊkˈanən] [US: ˌɔːɾoʊkˈænən]

canhão d'água noun
{m}

water cannon(device shooting water)
noun
[UK: ˈwɔː.tə(r) ˈkæ.nən] [US: ˈwɒ.tər ˈkæ.nən]

canhão de Gauss noun
{m}

coilgun(any device that uses electromagnets to accelerate a magnetic projectile)
noun

canhão de neve noun
{m}

snow cannon(machine that spurts out snow over pistes)
noun
[UK: snəʊ ˈkæ.nən] [US: ˈsnoʊ ˈkæ.nən]

canhão de água noun
{m}

water cannon(device shooting water)
noun
[UK: ˈwɔː.tə(r) ˈkæ.nən] [US: ˈwɒ.tər ˈkæ.nən]

canhão eletromagnético noun
{m}

coilgun(any device that uses electromagnets to accelerate a magnetic projectile)
noun

canhão elétrico noun
{m}

railgun(electromagnetic gun)
noun

canhão ferroviário noun
{m}

railway gun(large mobile artillery gun on railway)
noun

bala de canhão noun
{f}

cannonball [cannonballs](spherical projectile fired from a smoothbore cannon)
noun
[UK: ˈkæ.nən.bɔːl] [US: ˈkæ.nən.ˌbɒl]

bucha de canhão noun
{f}

cannon fodder(military forces considered to be expendable)
noun
[UK: ˈkæ.nən ˈfɒ.də(r)] [US: ˈkæ.nən ˈfɑː.dər]

carne de canhão noun
{f}

cannon fodder(military forces considered to be expendable)
noun
[UK: ˈkæ.nən ˈfɒ.də(r)] [US: ˈkæ.nən ˈfɑː.dər]