AMMO

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does ammo mean? 

• AMMO (noun)
  The noun AMMO has 1 sense:

1. projectiles to be fired from a gun

  Familiarity information: AMMO used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• AMMO (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Projectiles to be fired from a gun

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Synonyms:

ammo; ammunition

Hypernyms ("ammo" is a kind of...):

arms; implements of war; munition; weaponry; weapons system (weapons considered collectively)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "ammo"):

belt; belt ammunition; belted ammunition (ammunition (usually of small caliber) loaded in flexible linked strips for use in a machine gun)

cartridge (ammunition consisting of a cylindrical casing containing an explosive charge and a bullet; fired from a rifle or handgun)

canister; canister shot; case shot (a metallic cylinder packed with shot and used as ammunition in a firearm)

powder and shot (ammunition consisting of gunpowder and bullets for muskets)

one shot; round; unit of ammunition (a charge of ammunition for a single shot)

shell (ammunition consisting of a cylindrical metal casing containing an explosive charge and a projectile; fired from a large gun)

tracer; tracer bullet (ammunition whose flight can be observed by a trail of smoke)