ordnance

[ awrd-nuhns ]
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noun
  1. cannon or artillery.

  2. military weapons with their equipment, ammunition, etc.

  1. the branch of an army that procures, stores, and issues, weapons, munitions, and combat vehicles and maintains arsenals for their development and testing.

Origin of ordnance

1
First recorded in 1620–30; syncopated variant of ordinance

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ordnance

/ (ˈɔːdnəns) /


noun
  1. cannon or artillery

  2. military supplies; munitions

  1. the ordnance a department of an army or government dealing with military supplies

Origin of ordnance

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C14: variant of ordinance

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