different between ammunition vs headstamp

English

Etymology

From older French amunition, from rebracketing of la munition (“the war supplies”) as l'amunition. Ultimately from Latin; see munition for more.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?æmju?n???n/

Noun

ammunition (countable and uncountable, plural ammunitions)

2. Articles used in charging firearms and ordnance of all kinds; as powder, balls, shot, shells, percussion caps, rockets, etc.
3. (obsolete) Military stores, or provisions of all kinds for attack or defense.

   ammunition bread; ammunition shoes

4. arguments and information that can be used against the other party in a conflict

Synonyms

• (articles used in charging firearms): ammo

Translations

Verb

ammunition (third-person singular simple present ammunitions, present participle ammunitioning, simple past and past participle ammunitioned)

1. To supply with ammunition.

Swedish

Pronunciation

Noun

ammunition c

1. ammunition

Declension

English

Etymology

head +? stamp

Noun

headstamp (plural headstamps)

1. (military, firearms) The identification marking on the base (bottom) of a cartridge casing.

   2009 Chivers, C.J. (The New York Times), Is U.S. Ammo going to Taliban?; run in Austin American-Statesman, May 20, 2009, p A-1:

   • Photographs were taken of the weapons' serial numbers and [of the] markings on the bottoms of the cartridge casings, known as headstamps, which can reveal where and when ammunition was made.

Related terms

• ammo, ammunition
• bullet, round

• breechloading
• cartridge, case, shell
• Taliban

Anagrams

• Hampstead