Hypertext Webster Gateway: "ammunition"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
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.]
2. Articles used in charging firearms and ordnance of all
kinds; as powder, balls, shot, shells, percussion caps,
rockets, etc.
3. Any stock of missiles, literal or figurative.
{Ammunition bread}, {shoes}, etc., such as are contracted for
by government, and supplied to the soldiers. [Eng.]
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Ammunition \Am`mu*ni"tion\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Ammunitioned};
p pr. & vb. n. {Ammunitioning}.]
To provide with ammunition.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
ammunition
n : projectiles to be fired from a gun [syn: {ammo}]
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