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ordnance Definition

ord·nance (ôrd′nəns)

noun

  1. cannon or artillery
  2. all military weapons together with ammunition, combat vehicles, etc. and the equipment and supplies used in servicing these
  3. a military branch or unit that orders, stores, and supplies ordnance

Etymology: contr. < ordinance, in restricted meaning

ordnance Synonyms

ordnance

n.

arms, military weapons, cannon, artillery; see ammunition.

ordnance Usage Examples

Converse of object

  • drop: Employing these tactics enabled each wave of two-ship pairs to engage tanks selectively and avoid dropping ordnance on less significant targets.
  • deliver: It is generally accepted that up to 30 % of all ordnance delivered failed to detonate on impact.
  • use: Other ordnance used by the Royal Artillery were a mountain battery formed for the crossing of the Pyrenees.
  • carry: You can bet that these were the first two aircraft to be seen that day carrying live ordnance.
  • bury: The search for buried ordnance is carried out using either non-intrusive or intrusive investigation methods.
  • explode: Below, floats, markers and exploded ordnance decorate the wall of one of the cottages.

Adjective modifier

  • unexploded: An untold number of residents have been killed or maimed by unexploded ordnance littering the area.
  • explosive: During the unit's handling and employment of explosive ordnance, commanders must be involved in implementing proper countermeasures for safe mission accomplishment.
  • heavy: At night the low-rise city of Fallujah, famed for its mosques, echoed to the thunder of heavy ordnance.
  • military: Do not touch any military ordnance that may be found lying around this area.
  • other: Did Little Fell first & I didn't see any shells or other ordnance.
  • naval: The Large Exhibits Gallery in London has examples of significant types of artillery and ordnance, including naval ordnance.

Modifies a noun

  • survey: Ordnance Survey maps are ideal for finding the ideal house location.
  • depot: The officers were now coming into their own again; the RE yard was born & an ordnance depot full of old rags.
  • map: Ordnance Survey maps are ideal for finding the ideal house location.
  • disposal: ACE offers a major enhancement in unexploded ordnance disposal technology.
  • factory: This is an Exhibition on the ' secret ' history of the local Ordnance Factory.
  • grid: Grid Reference: This is derived from the ordnance survey grid reference for the monument.

Noun used with modifier

  • scale: Prior to the large scale Ordnance maps, there was a careful survey of the parish for the 1841 Tithe Award.
  • army: When in February the army ordnance office reported the previous month's production figures, Hitler found this the last straw.