BALLISTA as NOUN

1. Meaning
   • medieval artillery used during sieges
   • a heavy war engine for hurling large stones and other missiles
   Synonym(s)
   • arbalest (what does arbalest mean?)
   • arbalist (what does arbalist mean?)
   • bricole (what does bricole mean?)
   • catapult (what does catapult mean?)
   • mangonel (what does mangonel mean?)
   • onager (what does onager mean?)
   • trebuchet (what does trebuchet mean?)
   • trebucket (what does trebucket mean?)
   Hypernyms(s) ballista is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
   • artillery (what does artillery mean?)
   • heavy weapon (what does heavy weapon mean?)
   • gun (what does gun mean?)
   • ordnance (what does ordnance mean?)
   Derived(s)
   • catapult (what does catapult mean?)