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noon gun

noon gun noun: a sundial with a cannon whose fuse is lit by a lens concentrating sunbeams, positioned to fire at noon.

Noun

noon gun (plural noon guns)

  1. A sundial with a cannon whose fuse is lit by a lens concentrating sunbeams, positioned to fire at noon.

Forms of noon gun

pluralnoon guns

Questions about noon gun

What does noon gun mean?
Noon gun means a sundial with a cannon whose fuse is lit by a lens concentrating sunbeams, positioned to fire at noon.
What part of speech is noon gun?
Noon gun is a noun.
What is the plural of noon gun?
The plural of noon gun is noon guns.

Words near noon gun in the dictionary

  1. noon
  2. noon balloon
  3. noon balloons
  4. noon flies
  5. noon fly
  6. noon gun
  7. noon guns
  8. noon of night
  9. noon-flower
  10. noon-time
  11. noon-times

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