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Meaning of round shot | Babel Free

Noun CEFR B2

Definitions

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

Examples

“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”

CEFR level

B2

Upper Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.

See also

Round Swamp round table round the bend round the clock round the twist round the wicket