Meaning of Ordnance | Babel Free
ˈɔːdnənsDefinitions
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Military equipment, especially weapons and ammunition. countable, uncountable
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Artillery. countable, uncountable
Equivalents
العربية
المدفعيّة
Български
артилерия
Bosanski
муниција
Català
artilleria
Ελληνικά
πυροβολικό
Français
munitions
Hrvatski
муниција
한국어
탄
Nederlands
geschut
Српски
муниција
Українська
артилерійський
Examples
“When the Turkes took Constantinople, they melted the Bells into Ordnance; I have heard both Bells and Ordnance, but never been so much affected with those, as with these Bells.”
“From the belfries far and near the funereal deathbell tolled unceasingly while all around the gloomy precincts rolled the ominous warning of a hundred muffled drums punctuated by the hollow booming of pieces of ordnance.”
CEFR level
B2
Upper Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.
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