fortification, munition
(noun) defensive structure consisting of walls or mounds built around a stronghold to strengthen it
munition, ordnance, ordnance store
(noun) military supplies
weaponry, arms, implements of war, weapons system, munition
(noun) weapons considered collectively
munition
(verb) supply with weapons
Source: WordNet® 3.1
munition (plural munitions)
(chiefly, in the plural) Materials of war: armaments, weapons and ammunition.
(chiefly, in the plural, military, NATO) Bombs, rockets, missiles (complete explosive devices, in contrast to e.g. guns).
(rare, obsolete) A tower or fortification.
munition (third-person singular simple present munitions, present participle munitioning, simple past and past participle munitioned)
(transitive) To supply with munitions.
Source: Wiktionary
Mu*ni"tion, n. Etym: [F., munition of war, L. munitio a fortifying, fortification, fr. munire to fortify, defend with a wall; cf. moenia walls, murus (for moirus) a wall, and Skr. mi to fix, make firm. Cf. Ammunition.]
1. Fortification; stronghold. [Obs.] His place of defense shall be the munitions of rocks. Is. xxxiii. 16.
2. Whatever materials are used in war for drfense or for annoying an enemy; ammunition; also, stores and provisions; military stores of all kinds. The bodies of men, munition, and money, may justly be called the sinews of war. Sir W. Raleigh.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
2 April 2025
(adjective) secret or hidden; not openly practiced or engaged in or shown or avowed; “covert actions by the CIA”; “covert funding for the rebels”
Coffee dates back to the 9th century. Goat herders in Ethiopia noticed their goats seem to be “dancing” after eating berries from a particular shrub. They reported it to the local monastery, and a monk made a drink out of it. The monk found out he felt energized and kept him awake at night. That’s how the first coffee drink was born.
