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FIELD GUN
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Dictionary entry overview: What does field gun mean?
• FIELD GUN (noun)
The noun FIELD GUN has 1 sense:
1. movable artillery (other than antiaircraft) used by armies in the field (especially for direct support of front-line troops)
Familiarity information: FIELD GUN used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Movable artillery (other than antiaircraft) used by armies in the field (especially for direct support of front-line troops)
Classified under:
Nouns denoting man-made objects
Synonyms:
field artillery; field gun
Hypernyms ("field gun" is a kind of...):
artillery; gun; heavy weapon; ordnance (large but transportable armament)
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