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[ awrd -nuh ns ] SHOW IPA
/ ˈɔrd nəns / PHONETIC RESPELLING
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noun cannon or artillery.
military weapons with their equipment, ammunition, etc.
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 First recorded in 1620–30; syncopated variant of ordinance
WORDS THAT MAY BE CONFUSED WITH ordnance ordinance, ordnance , ordonnance Words nearby ordnance ordinary stock, ordinary wave, ordinate, ordination, ordn., ordnance , ordnance datum, Ordnance Survey, ordo, Ordóñez, ordonnance
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Example sentences from the Web for ordnance It could have closed off the school until another international organization with ordnance disposal skills secured the area.
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The American ordnance crew that had explored it estimated the mine contained 400,000 tons of explosives.
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Soon afterward, officials reported back to the president that even a surgical strike would require a large amount of ordnance .
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He said that by end of his tour he felt like the Iraqi insurgency was more sophisticated but simply running out of ordnance .
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The matter of traction power for these gun and armament trains near the front set a problem for the Ordnance Department to solve.
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There was great scarcity of ordnance stores, but, happily, an abundant supply of subsistence stores.
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One day I saw the French Governor of the town coming along on horseback followed by his ordnance (groom).
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There were reasonable amounts of small arms and armor and six pieces of ordnance .
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The matter was then turned over to the Ordnance Department for further experiment.
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British Dictionary definitions for ordnance noun cannon or artillery
military supplies; munitions
the ordnance a department of an army or government dealing with military supplies
Word Origin for ordnance C14: variant of ordinance
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Words related to ordnance munitions, arms, weapons, missiles, bombs, big guns