munition

1. 1.

   supply with weapons

   Broaderarm

Other forms of munition

plural

munitions·

past tense

munitioned·

present participle

munitioning·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about munition

What does munition mean?

munition means "weapons considered collectively". That is the primary sense; the word has 4 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in munition?

munition has 3 syllables: mu-nit-ion. The stress falls on "nit". In IPA it is /mjuˈnɪʃən/.

What is another word for munition?

Close synonyms include weaponry, arms, implements of war, weapons system, ordnance. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is munition a common word?

munition is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.

What rhymes with munition?

10 words rhyme with munition. Rhymes are matched on the phonemes from the last stressed vowel onward, which is the definition a reader has in their head.