round shot

noun

A solid, usually iron, spherical projectile fired from a smoothbore cannon.

“Just then, with a roar and a whistle, a round-shot passed high above the roof of the log-house and plumped far beyond us in the wood. Treasure Island (1883), Robert Louis Stevenson”

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Meanings

nounround shot (plural round shot)
  1. engineeringA solid, usually iron, spherical projectile fired from a smoothbore cannon.

    Just then, with a roar and a whistle, a round-shot passed high above the roof of the log-house and plumped far beyond us in the wood. Treasure Island (1883), Robert Louis Stevenson

    Synonyms: cannonball, cannon ball, solid shot

Synonyms & antonyms

nounA solid, usually iron, spherical projectile fired from a smoothbore cannon.

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cannonballcannon ballsolid shot

More synonyms by meaning

nouna solid projectile that in former times was fired from a cannon

Similar
cannonballcannon ball
Broader
projectilemissile
Also see
cannonball

Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Translations

Polish kula armatnia
  • kula armatniaprojectile
Cite this entry
APA

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MLA

“round shot.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/round%20shot. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “round shot,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/round%20shot.

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