ORDNANCE
Dictionary entry overview: What does ordnance mean?
• ORDNANCE (noun)
The noun ORDNANCE has 2 senses:
1. military supplies
2. large but transportable armament
Familiarity information: ORDNANCE used as a noun is rare.
Dictionary entry details
• ORDNANCE (noun)
Meaning:
Military supplies
Classified under:
Nouns denoting man-made objects
Synonyms:
ordnance; ordnance store; munition
Hypernyms ("ordnance" is a kind of...):
armament (weaponry used by military or naval force)
Meaning:
Large but transportable armament
Classified under:
Nouns denoting man-made objects
Synonyms:
artillery; heavy weapon; gun; ordnance
Hypernyms ("ordnance" is a kind of...):
armament (weaponry used by military or naval force)
Meronyms (parts of "ordnance"):
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)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "ordnance"):
cannon (a large artillery gun that is usually on wheels)
arbalest; arbalist; ballista; bricole; catapult; mangonel; onager; trebuchet; trebucket (medieval artillery used during sieges; a heavy war engine for hurling large stones and other missiles)
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)
Holonyms ("ordnance" is a part of...):
battery (a collection of related things intended for use together)
