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- [awrd-nuh ns]
- /ˈɔrd nəns/
- /ˈɔː.d.nənts/
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- [awrd-nuh ns]
- /ˈɔrd nəns/
Definitions of ordnance word
- noun ordnance cannon or artillery. 1
- noun ordnance military weapons with their equipment, ammunition, etc. 1
- noun ordnance the branch of an army that procures, stores, and issues, weapons, munitions, and combat vehicles and maintains arsenals for their development and testing. 1
- noun ordnance Mounted guns; artillery. 1
- noun ordnance military: weapons 1
- uncountable noun ordnance Ordnance refers to military supplies, especially weapons. 0
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Origin of ordnance
First appearance:
before 1620 One of the 42% oldest English words
First recorded in 1620-30; syncopated variant of ordinance
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Parts of speech for Ordnance
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ordnance popularity
A common word. It’s meaning is known to most children of preschool age. About 92% of English native speakers know the meaning and use the word.
Most Europeans know this English word. The frequency of it’s usage is somewhere between "mom" and "screwdriver".
ordnance usage trend in Literature
This diagram is provided by Google Ngram ViewerSynonyms for ordnance
noun ordnance
- artillery — Artillery consists of large, powerful guns which are transported on wheels and used by an army.
- arms — weapons collectively
- guns — a weapon consisting of a metal tube, with mechanical attachments, from which projectiles are shot by the force of an explosive; a piece of ordnance.
- weaponry — weapons or weaponlike instruments collectively.
- armaments — Armaments are weapons and military equipment belonging to an army or country.
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