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- Dictionaryarsenal/ˈɑːsən(ə)l/
noun
- 1. a collection of weapons and military equipment: "Britain's nuclear arsenal" Similar
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a building or place where weapons and military equipment are made or stored, or a collection of weapons: the Picatinny Arsenal in New Jersey. an arsenal of rockets.
1. a. : an establishment for the manufacture or storage of arms and military equipment. The city is home to a federal arsenal. b. : a collection of weapons. 2. : store, repertoire. the team's arsenal of veteran players. Synonyms. armory. depot. dump. magazine. See all Synonyms & Antonyms in Thesaurus. Examples of arsenal in a Sentence.
An arsenal is a place where arms and ammunition are made, maintained and repaired, stored, or issued, in any combination, whether privately or publicly owned. Arsenal and armoury (British English) or armory (American English) [1][2] are mostly regarded as synonyms, although subtle differences in usage exist.
An arsenal is a large collection of weapons and military equipment held by a country, group, or person. These countries are committed to destroying most of their nuclear arsenals. They possess a formidable arsenal of rifles, machine guns, landmines and teargas. 2. countable noun.
An arsenal is a storehouse for weapons. It wouldn't be wise to let your enemies get a hold of the keys to your arsenal. Not just a place to store weapons, an arsenal can be a place to make weapons or it can mean the collection of weapons themselves: "The air force had just added two top-secret fighter planes to its arsenal."
a building where military weapons and explosives are made or stored. The building was used as an arsenal until the eighteenth century. A group of soldiers unsuccessfully attacked an arsenal close to the airport. Topics Buildings c2. Word Origin. See arsenal in the Oxford Advanced American Dictionary. Check pronunciation: arsenal.
n. 1. A governmental establishment for the storing, development, manufacturing, testing, or repairing of arms, ammunition, and other war materiel. 2. A stock of weapons. 3. A store or supply: an arsenal of retorts.
noun. a store for arms, ammunition, and other military items. a workshop or factory that produces munitions. a store of anything regarded as weapons. an arsenal of destructive arguments.
1. An arsenal is a large collection of weapons and military equipment held by a country, group, or person. [...] 2. An arsenal is a building where weapons and military equipment are stored. [...] 3. You can use arsenal to refer to a large number of tools, methods, or resources that someone has available to help them achieve what they want to do.
ARSENAL meaning: 1 : a collection of weapons; 2 : a place where weapons are made or stored.
