- ammunition
- [[t]æ̱mjʊnɪ̱ʃ(ə)n[/t]]
1) N-UNCOUNT Ammunition is bullets and rockets that are made to be fired from guns.
He had only seven rounds of ammunition for the revolver.
2) N-UNCOUNT You can describe information that you can use against someone in an argument or discussion as ammunition.The improved trade figures have given the government fresh ammunition.
English dictionary. 2008.
См. также в других словарях:
Ammunition — Am mu*ni tion, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Ammunitioned}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Ammunitioning}.] To provide with ammunition. [1913 Webster] || … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Ammunition — Am mu*ni tion, n. [F. amunition, for munition, prob. caused by taking la munition as l amunition. See {Munition}.] 1. Military stores, or provisions of all kinds for attack or defense. [Obs.] [1913 Webster] 2. Articles used in charging firearms… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
ammunition — (n.) 1620s, from French soldiers faulty separation of M.Fr. la munition into l ammunition; from L. munitionem (nom. munitio) a fortifying (see MUNITION (Cf. munition)), and at first meaning all military supplies in general. The mistake in the… … Etymology dictionary
ammunition — [am΄yo͞o nish′ən, am΄yənish′ən] n. [Fr amunition, by faulty separation of la munition: see MUNITIONS] 1. Obs. any military supplies 2. anything hurled by a weapon or exploded as a weapon, as bullets, gunpowder, shot, shells, bombs, grenades,… … English World dictionary
Ammunition — (v. lat.), so v.w. Munition … Pierer's Universal-Lexikon
Ammunition — Ammunition, soviel wie Munition … Meyers Großes Konversations-Lexikon
Ammunition — Ammunition, was Munition, Schießbedarf … Herders Conversations-Lexikon
ammunition — I noun apparatus belli, armament, armature, arms, ballistics, cartridges, charge, defense, deterrent, explosive, firearms, gunnery, gunpowder, materials of combat, means of attack, muniment, munition, panoply, propellants, provisions, weapons II… … Law dictionary
ammunition — artillery, materiel, munitions, *armament, ordnance, arms … New Dictionary of Synonyms
ammunition — [n] projectiles for weaponry ammo*, armament, ball, bomb, buckshot, bullet, cannonball, cartridge, charge, chemical, confetti*, explosive, fuse, grenade, gunpowder, iron rations*, materiel, missile, munition, napalm, powder, rocket, round, shell … New thesaurus
ammunition — ► NOUN 1) a supply or quantity of bullets and shells. 2) points used to support one s case in argument. ORIGIN from French la munition the fortification … English terms dictionary
