Definitions

from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.

  • noun War materiel, especially weapons and ammunition.
  • transitive verb To supply with munitions.

from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun Fortification.
  • noun Materials used in war for defense or for attack; war material; military stores of all kinds; ammunition; provisions: often in the plural.
  • noun Figuratively, material for the carrying out of any enterprise.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • noun obsolete Fortification; stronghold.
  • noun Whatever materials are used in war for defense or for annoying an enemy; ammunition; also, stores and provisions; military stores of all kinds.

from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.

  • noun usually plural Armament, weaponry.
  • noun military, NATO bombs, rockets, missiles
  • noun rare (obsolete) a tower or fortification

from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

  • noun military supplies
  • noun weapons considered collectively
  • verb supply with weapons
  • noun defensive structure consisting of walls or mounds built around a stronghold to strengthen it

Etymologies

from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition

[Middle English municion, privilege supported by a document, from Old French, fortification, from Latin mūnītiō, mūnītiōn-, from mūnītus, past participle of mūnīre, to defend, from moenia, defensive walls of a town.]

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From Latin mūnitiō ("a defence, fortification") via French munition.

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Examples

  • Furthermore, anything modified for a munition is a munition.

    Earthbound « Isegoria 2008

  • Furthermore, anything modified for a munition is a munition.

    August « 2008 « Isegoria 2008

  • I could tell you a good deal about the achievement of Ulster in munition production, her ships, aeroplanes, shells and ammunition of many kinds, but that privilege is as yet denied to me.

    The Strategic Position of Ulster 1944

  • It may be that, since women are good enough for all the work of the army, except fighting, they may prove good enough to release some of the fighting material now moored in munition work and reserved occupations.

    Blinds Up In Britain 1942

  • It is as good as the spirit of their comrades in munition factories in Great Britain.

    Defence of Liberty—There and Here 1941

  • They threw everything into the furnace, their comfort, they cut down their follies and their boys and girls and old men and old women went to work in munition works.

    The One Thing Needful 1919

  • The shops employed on bicycle and ordinary motor work have, as a rule, little idea of the extreme accuracy required in munition work.

    England's Effort: Letters to an American Friend 1916

  • They seem industrious and efficient and the testimony I received from here as elsewhere from employers of labour was that the employment of women in munition factories and factories generally was a distinct success.

    The Great War 1916

  • We have joined direct attack munition, which is a 2,000 global positioning system, near-precision type weapon.

    CNN Transcript Oct 16, 2001 2001

  • And the other thing we have are our joint direct attack munition, which is a global positioning system -- a satellite system -- that provides accurate positioning to the weapon so we can drop in all weather conditions without actually seeing the ground.

    CNN Transcript Oct 8, 2001 2001

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