ordnance
Other forms: ordnances
Ordnance is another word for military supplies, like guns, rockets, or armor. When a country is at war, it needs a lot of ordnance.
The average person has probably never heard of ordnance. In fact, an ordinary person would have some explaining to do if they had ordnance, because it refers to military supplies. The word ordinance for “command” lost an i in the 1500’s and became ordnance, meaning “military materials.” Both words go with war — a command to shoot requires ordnance, or something to shoot with. Ordnance helps soldiers fight and protect them. You can’t go to war without ordnance.
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military suppliessynonyms: munition, ordnance storetype of:armamentweaponry used by military or naval force
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large but transportable armamentsynonyms: artillery, gun, heavy weapontypes:cannona large artillery gun that is usually on wheelsfield artillery, field gunmovable artillery (other than antiaircraft) used by armies in the field (especially for direct support of front-line troops)four-pounderan artillery gun that throws a shot weighing four poundsbasiliskancient brass cannonculverina heavy cannon with a long barrel used in the 16th and 17th centuriesharpoon guna cannon or similar gun that fires harpoonshigh-angle guna cannon that can be fired at a high elevation for relatively short rangeslong toma long swivel cannon formerly used by the navytype of:armamentweaponry used by military or naval force
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