Noun: munition myoo'ni-shun
- Military supplies
"The soldiers restocked their ammunition from the munition store";
- ordnance, ordnance store
- Weapons considered collectively
"The museum had an impressive display of medieval munition";
- weaponry, arms, implements of war, weapons system
- Defensive structure consisting of walls or mounds built around a stronghold to strengthen it
"The castle's munitions protected it from invasion";
- fortification [rare]
Derived forms: munitioned, munitioning, munitions
Type of: arm, armament, defence [Brit, Cdn], defense [US], defensive structure, instrumentality, instrumentation, means
Encyclopedia: Munition