- cannon or artillery
- military supplies; munitions
- the ordnance ⇒ a department of an army or government dealing with military supplies
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ord•nance /ˈɔrdnəns/USA pronunciation
n. [uncountable]
WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2026- Militarycannon or artillery.
- Militarymilitary weapons with their equipment, ammunition, etc.
ord•nance
(ôrd′nəns),USA pronunciation n.
- Militarycannon or artillery.
- Militarymilitary weapons with their equipment, ammunition, etc.
- Militarythe branch of an army that procures, stores, and issues, weapons, munitions, and combat vehicles and maintains arsenals for their development and testing.
- syncopated variant of ordinance 1620–30
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ordnance /ˈɔːdnəns/ n