ordnance

Other forms of ordnance

plural

ordnances·

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 ordnance

What does ordnance mean?

ordnance means "military supplies". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in ordnance?

ordnance has 2 syllables: ord-nance. The stress falls on "ord". In IPA it is /ˈɔɹdnəns/.

What is another word for ordnance?

Close synonyms include munition, ordnance store, artillery, heavy weapon, gun. 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 ordnance a common word?

ordnance 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.