ball ammunition
1ammunition — [n] projectiles for weaponry ammo*, armament, ball, bomb, buckshot, bullet, cannonball, cartridge, charge, chemical, confetti*, explosive, fuse, grenade, gunpowder, iron rations*, materiel, missile, munition, napalm, powder, rocket, round, shell …
2ammunition — /am yeuh nish euhn/, n. 1. the material fired, scattered, dropped, or detonated from any weapon, as bombs or rockets, and esp. shot, shrapnel, bullets, or shells fired by guns. 2. the means of igniting or exploding such material, as primers,… …
3ammunition — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) n. ammo, bullets, etc. See arms. II (Roget s IV) n. ammo*, munitions, materiel, resources. Types of ammunition include: buckshot, gunpowder, cartridge, bullet, round, clip, napalm, bomb, missile,… …
4ball — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) n. dance, cotillion; shot, projectile; sphere, globe. See amusement, arms, rotundity. II (Roget s IV) n. 1. [A spherical body] Syn. globe, spheroid, sphere, balloon, orb, perisphere, globule, globular or …
5ball — I n 1. sphere, globe, orb, globule, congloba tion, drop, glomeration, conglomeration; marble, clew, knot, Sports Sl. pill; ball game, baseball, football. 2. bullet, pellet, slug, Archaic. grapeshot, grape, shot, projectile, ammunition. 3. on the… …
6ammunition — n 1. weapons, arms, armament, firearms, munitions, Mil. materiel; guns, rifles, muskets, flintlocks, matchlocks; pistols, revolvers, six shooters; shotguns, machine guns, howitzers, cannons, artillery. 2. bullets, shot, shrapnel, cartridges,… …
7Badger Army Ammunition Plant — Infobox Military Structure name=Badger Army Ammunition Plant caption=General view of Badger Army Ammunition Plant location=Sauk Prairie, Wisconsin built=1942 used=World War II, Korean War, Vietnam War controlledby=Department of the ArmyThe Badger …
8Caseless ammunition — as a type of small arms ammunition eliminates the cartridge case that typically holds the primer, propellant, and projectile together as a unit. Caseless ammunition is an attempt to reduce the weight and cost of ammunition by dispensing with the… …
9Rimfire ammunition — A rimfire is a type of firearm cartridge. It is called a rimfire because instead of the firing pin striking the primer cap at the center of the base of the cartridge to ignite it (as in a centerfire cartridge), the pin strikes the base s rim. The …
10Minié ball — Various types of Minié balls. The four on the right are provided with Tamisier ball grooves for aerodynamic stability …
