noun
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES
an Ordnance Survey map British English (= a map showing the roads, paths, hills etc of an area in detail )
Ordnance Survey map
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ NOUN
survey
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The Cartesian projection, narrowing towards the poles, is practical for detailing and is used in most coastal ordnance surveys .
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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A severely damaged Royal Navy destroyer burns through the day with exploding ordnance and great sudden flares of burning bunker oil.
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He succeeded Pym in control of the ordnance , and was thanked by the House for deciphering intercepted letters.
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On Grey's becoming prime minister in 1831, Creevey got the post of treasurer of the ordnance at £1,200 a year.
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One from the ordnance factory and one from the Army.
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Robert Shadley, commander of the ordnance center and school.
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The Cartesian projection, narrowing towards the poles, is practical for detailing and is used in most coastal ordnance surveys.
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There was so much ordnance stored in his office he had to get Ferric to take some home.