Salvo
['sælvəʊ] or ['sælvo]
Definition
(noun.) a sudden outburst of cheers; 'there was a salvo of approval'.
(noun.) an outburst resembling the discharge of firearms or the release of bombs.
Checker: McDonald--From WordNet
Definition
(n.) An exception; a reservation; an excuse.
(n.) A concentrated fire from pieces of artillery, as in endeavoring to make a break in a fortification; a volley.
(n.) A salute paid by a simultaneous, or nearly simultaneous, firing of a number of cannon.
Typist: Mason
Synonyms and Synonymous
n. [1]. Exception, reservation.[2]. Volley, general discharge (of fire-arms).
Typed by Allan
Definition
n. a military or naval salute with guns: a simultaneous discharge of artillery: the combined cheers of a multitude:—pl. Salvos (sal′vōz).
n. an exception: a reservation.
Checker: Patrice