ordnance

ord·nance  (ôrdnns)

n.

1. Military materiel, such as weapons, ammunition, combat vehicles, and equipment.

2. The branch of an armed force that procures, maintains, and issues weapons, ammunition, and combat vehicles.

3. Cannon; artillery.

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[Middle English ordnaunce, variant of ordinaunce, order, military provision; see ordinance.]

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ordnance [ˈɔːdnəns]

n

1. (Military) cannon or artillery

2. (Military) military supplies; munitions

3. (Military) the. a department of an army or government dealing with military supplies

[variant of ordinance]

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Explosives, chemicals, pyrotechnics, and similar stores, e.g., bombs, guns and ammunition, flares, smoke, or napalm.

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	ordnance - military supplies                     ordnance store, munition armament - weaponry used by military or naval force
	2.	ordnance - large but transportable armament     artillery, heavy weapon, gun armament - weaponry used by military or naval force cannon - a large artillery gun that is usually on wheels field artillery, field gun - movable artillery (other than antiaircraft) used by armies in the field (especially for direct support of front-line troops) four-pounder - an artillery gun that throws a shot weighing four pounds gunstock, stock - the handle of a handgun or the butt end of a rifle or shotgun or part of the support of a machine gun or artillery gun; "the rifle had been fitted with a special stock" battery - a collection of related things intended for use together; "took a battery of achievement tests"

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ordnance

noun weapons, arms, guns, artillery, cannon, firearms, weaponry, big guns, armaments, munitions, materiel, instruments of war a team clearing an area littered with unexploded ordnance

Translations

ordnance [ˈɔːdnəns] (Mil)

A. N (= guns) → artillería f; (= supplies) → pertrechos mpl de guerra, material m de guerra

B. CPD Ordnance Corps N → Cuerpo m de Armamento y Material
ordnance factory N → fábrica f de artillería
Ordnance Survey N (Brit) servicio estatal de cartografía
Ordnance Survey map N (Brit) → mapa m del servicio estatal de cartografía

ordnance [ˈɔː^rdnəns] n

(= shells) → obus mpl
unexploded ordnance → des obus non explosés

(= unit) → service m du matériel
Ordnance Survey map [ˌɔː^rdnənsˈsɜː^rveɪmæp] n (British) → carte f d'État-major

ordnance (Mil)

n

(= artillery) → (Wehr)material nt

(= supply) → Material nt, → Versorgung f; (= corps) → Technische Truppe; (in times of war) → Nachschub m

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ordnance:

ordnance factory

n → Munitionsfabrik f

ordnance map

n

(Brit) ? Ordnance Survey map

(US Mil) → Generalstabskarte f

Ordnance Survey

n (Brit) → ˜ Landesvermessungsamt nt

Ordnance Survey map

n (Brit) → amtliche topografische Karte (form), → Messtischblatt nt

ordnance [ˈɔːdnəns] (Mil) n (guns) → artiglieria; (supplies) → materiale m militare
the ordnance (department) → il reparto di sussistenza