WEAPONS SYSTEM

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does weapons system mean? 

• WEAPONS SYSTEM (noun)
  The noun WEAPONS SYSTEM has 1 sense:

1. weapons considered collectively

  Familiarity information: WEAPONS SYSTEM used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• WEAPONS SYSTEM (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Weapons considered collectively

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Synonyms:

arms; implements of war; munition; weaponry; weapons system

Hypernyms ("weapons system" is a kind of...):

instrumentality; instrumentation (an artifact (or system of artifacts) that is instrumental in accomplishing some end)

Meronyms (parts of "weapons system"):

arm; weapon; weapon system (any instrument or instrumentality used in fighting or hunting)

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

ammo; ammunition (projectiles to be fired from a gun)

armament (weaponry used by military or naval force)

bomb (an explosive device fused to explode under specific conditions)

defence system; defense system (the weaponry available for the defense of a region)

gunnery (guns collectively)

hardware (major items of military weaponry (as tanks or missile))

naval weaponry (weaponry for warships)