ordnance

military weapons as a whole; heavy guns; artillery

Not to be confused with:

ordinance – law, practice, or custom; religious rite

ord·nance

(ôrd′nəns)

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.

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

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ordnance

(ˈɔːdnəns)

1. (Military) cannon or artillery

2. (Military) military supplies; munitions

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

[C14: variant of ordinance]

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ord•nance

(ˈɔrd nəns)

n.

1. cannon or artillery.

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

3. the army branch that deals with ordnance.

[1620–30; syncopated variant of ordinance]

ordnance

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

Dictionary of Military and Associated Terms. US Department of Defense 2005.

ThesaurusAntonymsRelated WordsSynonymsLegend:

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"

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

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Translations

Artillerie

ampumatarvikkeetsotamateriaalitykistö

artiglieria sussistenza

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

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ordnance

[ˈɔː^rdnəns] n

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

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

ordnance

(Mil)

(= artillery) → (Wehr)material nt

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

ordnance

ordnance factory

n → Munitionsfabrik f

ordnance map

(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

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ordnance

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