ordnance

«ordnance» in Mova's school dictionary: Military weapons, especially large guns, bombs, shells… — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 1 sentence of Mova's corpora that use it.

part of speech

noun (ordnance, uncountable)

meaning for a pupil

1) Military weapons, especially large guns, bombs, shells and ammunition. tree →

2) Ordnance Survey: the government map-making organisation of Great Britain (Ordnance Survey Ireland in Ireland) (a name). tree →

sense in the lessons

In history lessons about wars: «unexploded ordnance» means old bombs or shells that have not gone off, which can still be found on beaches and building sites. In geography lessons in the UK, OS (Ordnance Survey) maps are the detailed maps with grid references.

examples

• We used an Ordnance Survey map to find the path. tree →
• Find the church on the OS map using a four-figure grid reference. tree →
• Unexploded ordnance from the war was found on the beach. tree →
• The army stored its ordnance in a guarded building. tree →
• The Ordnance Survey began by mapping Britain for the army. tree →
• Ordnance experts made the old bomb safe. tree →

note

Uncountable. Spelling trap: «ordnance» (weapons, no i) and «ordinance» (a law or rule, with an i) are different words. Safety: if you find something that looks like an old bomb or shell, do not touch it; move away and tell an adult, who calls the police.

In the corpora

• Great Britain's national mapping agency, Ordnance Survey, began in 1791 and makes detailed maps at scales of 1:25,000 and 1:50,000.

Trees and pragmatics

Every meaning and example of «ordnance» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.