ordnance

Noun

Meaning

Heavy weapons of warfare; cannon, or great guns, mortars, and howitzers; artillery; sometimes, a general term for all weapons and appliances used in war.

Source: Webster's dictionary

Synonyms

gun artillery munition heavy weapon ordnance store cannon arsenal blaster piece arms hardware ammunition battery rifle torpedo
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Antonyms

defuse bare hands lightweight guns light guns light weapons lightweight weapons
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Hypernyms

armament

Hyponyms

cannon field artillery field gun four-pounder

Related terms

order ordinal ordinary coordinate subordinate coordination

Phrases with the word

ordnance depot ordnance devices anti-aircraft ordnance ordnance technician ordnance rocket

Examples

The combination of modern ordnance and outdated tactics had, as usual, created enormous casualties on both sides. Iain Banks

Most of the time-and this includes naps-I'm an F-18, bro, and I will destroy you in the air, and I will deploy my ordnance to the ground. Charlie Sheen

It turns out that the Danish gunboats are rather better than ours. They draw less water and carry heavier ordnance and the results are not at all pretty. Bernard Cornwell

My father worked at the Naval Ordnance Lab, and they had a nine-hole course on the property. You paid a quarter. Lewis Black

About 100,000 feet of these wooden pipes were installed during WW2 in drainage culverts, storm sewers and conduits, under highways and at army camps, naval stations, airfields and ordnance plants. Source: Internet

After testing various metals, ordnance researchers settled on depleted uranium. Source: Internet

Close letter words and terms

Ordish Ordiway ORDLO ordnance depot ordnance devices ordnance rocket