cannonballs

Heavy artillery ammunition

Cannonballs are heavy metal spheres fired from cannons—the original artillery ammunition before modern shells.

The word extends to a style of jumping into water with knees tucked to the chest, creating maximum splash: He did a cannonball off the diving board.

As a verb, to cannonball is to move rapidly and forcefully: The car cannonballed down the highway.

spherical

sphere

Perfectly round solid

solid · diameter · weight · rolling · stacked · pyramid · pile · smooth · forged · molded

ammunition

projectile

Launched airborne object

  • shotQuick liquor serving
  • artilleryLarge-caliber battlefield weapons
  • ironElement twenty-six

lead · caliber · powder · cartridge · munition · ordnance · ballistics · grapeshot · chainshot · muzzle

warfare

siege

Encirclement forcing surrender

  • batteryPortable electricity storage
  • barrageSustained, overwhelming attack
  • volleySimultaneous firing burst

salvo · fortification · rampart · breach · bombardment · broadside · naval · battleship · galleon · armada

impact

crater

Impact or volcanic basin

shockwave · devastation · penetration · collision · damage · force · velocity · trajectory · ricochet · splintering

dive

pool

Collective fund or basin

  • splashLiquid scattering on impact
  • jumpPropel oneself airborne
  • plungeSudden steep descent

tuck · knees · water · wave · spray · droplets · ripple · soak · impact · dive

exercise

shoulders

Upper arm joints

strength · dumbbells · kettlebells · gym · fitness · repetition · muscle · form · lift · CrossFit

Categories
Opposites
projectile technology

cannonballsguided missiles

Self-directing explosive projectiles

smart bombs · cruise missiles · drones · ICBMs · torpedoes

ammunition design

cannonballsbullets

Firearm projectiles

shells · shrapnel · fragmentation grenades · cluster munitions

military function

cannonballsshields

Protective barriers for defense

armor · fortifications · ramparts · defensive walls · bunkers

Phrases
Family

cannonball, cannonballed, cannonballing

Familiarity
Top 50,000
Profile
Known to kids · Used worldwide · Timeless · Concrete · Everyday, not technical · Rated G