Associations to the word «Munition»

Wiktionary

MUNITION, noun. (chiefly in the plural) Materials of war: armaments, weapons and ammunition.
MUNITION, noun. (chiefly in the plural) (military) (NATO) Bombs, rockets, missiles (complete explosive devices, in contrast to e.g. guns).
MUNITION, noun. (rare) (obsolete) A tower or fortification.

Dictionary definition

MUNITION, noun. Weapons considered collectively.
MUNITION, noun. Military supplies.
MUNITION, noun. Defensive structure consisting of walls or mounds built around a stronghold to strengthen it.
MUNITION, verb. Supply with weapons.

Wise words

Words are always getting conventionalized to some secondary meaning. It is one of the works of poetry to take the truants in custody and bring them back to their right senses.
William Butler Yeats