munition
/ˌmjuˈnɪʃən/
munition noun: materials of war: armaments, weapons and ammunition.
Noun
munition (plural munitions)
- Materials of war: armaments, weapons and ammunition.
- Just as we can say that an English girl who leaves the narrow circle of her old life, and goes into a munition factory and joins a union and takes part in its debates, will never after be a docile home-slave; so we can say that the clergyman who helps in Y. M. C. A. work in France, or in Red Cross...1917, Upton Sinclair, The Profits of Religion […]
- Bombs, rockets, missiles (complete explosive devices, in contrast to e.g. guns).
- A tower or fortification.
- I wil stand vpon my watch, and fixe my steppe vpon the munition: and I wil behold, to see what may be sayd to me, and what I may answer to him that rebuketh me.1610, The Second Tome of the Holie Bible, […] (Douay–Rheims Bible), Doway: Laurence Kellam, […], →OCLC, Habacuc 2:1
Verb
munition (third-person singular simple present munitions, present participle munitioning, simple past and past participle munitioned)
- To supply with munitions.
- Why was I there, munitioning, blacklegging, slaving as though my bread depended on it?1939, Philip George Chadwick, The Death Guard, page 154
munition meaning in Tamil, Urdu, Bengali and Thai
munition in Tamil
- ஆயுதங்கள், இராணுவ தளவாடங்கள்
munition in Urdu
- گولا بارود
munition in Bengali
- রণসম্ভার, গোলাবারুদ, যুদ্ধোপকরণ
munition in Thai
- armaments, weapons, ammunition
- ยุทโธปกรณ์
Examples of munition in a sentence
- Bombs and munitions meanwhile contain toxic substances that contaminate soil, water, and vegetation.
- Improved energetics can help the Department of Defense build smaller munitions that still pack a punch.
- She noted that the report stated the Kargu-2 and “other loitering munitions” attacked convoys and retreating fighters.
Forms of munition
| Noun | |
|---|---|
| plural | munitions |
| Verb | |
| third-person singular present | munitions |
| present participle | munitioning |
| past participle | munitioned |
| past | munitioned |
Origin of munition
From Latin mūnitiō (“a defence, fortification”) via French munition, from mūnīre (“fortify, defend (with a wall)”) + -tiō, from moenia (“city walls, defensive walls, or walls in general”). Equivalent to munite + -ion.
Words formed from munition
Questions about munition
- What does munition mean?
- Munition means materials of war: armaments, weapons and ammunition.
- What is munition in Tamil?
- Munition in Tamil is ஆயுதங்கள், இராணுவ தளவாடங்கள். See Munition meaning in Tamil.
- What part of speech is munition?
- Munition can be a noun or a verb.
- How do you pronounce munition?
- Munition is pronounced /ˌmjuˈnɪʃən/.
- What is the plural of munition?
- The plural of munition is munitions.
Words near munition in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: munition (page history and authors); Munition (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); munition (Urdu Wiktionary) (page history and authors); munition (Bengali Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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