cannonball
/ˈkænənbɔːl/noun
उच्चारण कैनन्बॉल
तोप का गोला
Core word
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a large heavy metal ball that was fired from a cannon in the past
तोप का गोला
- Old cannonballs are displayed at the fort museum.
- The wall still shows marks made by cannonballs.
- A cannonball struck the gate of the fort during the siege.
+ 2 more examples
- The guide showed us a rusty cannonball found in the moat.
- Each cannonball weighed several kilograms.
§Structures (grammar patterns) 4
cannonball (countable noun)
A cannonball is one heavy ball shot from a cannon; it is written as one word.
Cannonball तोप से दागा गया एक भारी गोला है; इसे एक शब्द के रूप में लिखा जाता है।
- A cannonball broke through the gate.
- The museum has a pile of rusty cannonballs.
cannonball (verb / dive)
In informal speech, to cannonball means to jump into water with the knees pulled up to the chest.
अनौपचारिक बोलचाल में cannonball का अर्थ घुटने सीने तक खींचकर पानी में कूदना है।
- The boys cannonballed into the pool.
- Her cannonball splashed the whole family.
like a cannonball
Use like a cannonball to describe very fast, heavy movement.
बहुत तेज़ और भारी गति बताने के लिए 'like a cannonball' का प्रयोग होता है।
- He shot out of the room like a cannonball.
- The ball flew like a cannonball.
cannonball + noun / noun + cannonball
It combines with words for the material or the size of the shot.
यह गोले की धातु या आकार बताने वाले शब्दों के साथ जुड़ता है।
- An iron cannonball was found in the river.
- The stone cannonball was as big as a melon.
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verb + cannonball
firehurldig uploaddodge
- Workers dug up a cannonball while building the road.
adjective + cannonball
ironstoneheavyrustyround
- A heavy iron cannonball lay beside the fort wall.
cannonball + verb
hitssmasheslandswhistlesbounces
- The cannonball smashed the wooden door.
cannonball + preposition
into the poolthrough the wallacross the fieldat the ship
- A cannonball flew across the field and hit the tree.
cannonball + sport
divejumpsplashpose
- The lifeguard asked the boys to stop doing cannonball dives.
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- Historians found a cannonball buried near the old fort.
इतिहासकारों को पुराने क़िले के पास दबा हुआ एक cannonball मिला।
- Radhika's little brother did a cannonball into the lake.
राधिका के छोटे भाई ने झील में cannonball मारी।
- The wall still bears marks of the cannonballs fired in the siege.
दीवार पर आज भी घेराबंदी में दागे गए गोलों के निशान हैं।
- He ran into the room like a cannonball.
वह cannonball की तरह कमरे में दौड़ा आया।
- Children climbed on the cannon but were told to keep away from the cannonballs.
बच्चे तोप पर चढ़े पर उन्हें cannonballs से दूर रहने को कहा गया।
- Visitors can touch an old cannonball displayed at the museum entrance.
आगंतुक संग्रहालय के प्रवेश पर रखे पुराने cannonball को छू सकते हैं।
!Common mistakes 2
✗ The cannonballs was lying near the wall.
✓ The cannonballs were lying near the wall.
The plural subject takes the plural verb were.
Plural subject के साथ plural verb 'were' आती है।
✗ The soldiers fired the cannonball of the cannon.
✓ The soldiers fired the cannonball from the cannon.
A ball comes out from the cannon; of is not used for the source of firing.
गोला तोप 'से' निकलता है; दागने के स्रोत के लिए 'of' नहीं लगता।