What does arsenal mean?

Definitions for arsenal
ˈɑr sə nl, ˈɑrs nəlar·se·nal

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Princeton's WordNet

  1. arsenal, armory, armourynoun

    all the weapons and equipment that a country has

  2. arsenal, armory, armourynoun

    a military structure where arms and ammunition and other military equipment are stored and training is given in the use of arms

  3. armory, armoury, arsenalnoun

    a place where arms are manufactured

Wiktionary

  1. arsenalnoun

    A military establishment for the storing, development, manufacturing, testing, or repairing of arms, ammunition, and other war materiel; an armoury.

  2. arsenalnoun

    A stock of weapons, especially all the weapons that a nation possesses.

  3. arsenalnoun

    A store or supply of anything.

    He arrived with a large arsenal of cleansers and tools, and got right to work.

  4. Arsenalnoun

    The Arsenal F.C. football club

  5. Etymology: arzenale, also arsenal, from صناعة.

Samuel Johnson's Dictionary

  1. Arsenalnoun

    A repository of things requisite to war; a magazine.

    Etymology: arsenale, Ital.

    I would have a room for the old Roman instruments of war, where you might see all the ancient military furniture, as it might have been in an arsenal of old Rome. Joseph Addison, on An. Med.

Wikipedia

  1. Arsenal

    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) are mostly regarded as synonyms, although subtle differences in usage exist. A sub-armory is a place of temporary storage or carrying of weapons and ammunition, such as any temporary post or patrol vehicle that is only operational in certain times of the day.

ChatGPT

  1. arsenal

    An arsenal is a collection or supply of weapons or military equipment, or a place where these are stored, maintained, and repaired. It can also refer to a collection or supply of anything regarded as weapons or tools, as in "an arsenal of arguments".

Webster Dictionary

  1. Arsenalnoun

    a public establishment for the storage, or for the manufacture and storage, of arms and all military equipments, whether for land or naval service

  2. Etymology: [Sp. & F. arsenal arsenal, dockyard, or It. arzanale, arsenale (cf. It. & darsena dock); all fr. Ar. drin'a house of industry or fabrication; dr house + in'a art, industry.]

Wikidata

  1. Arsenal

    An arsenal is a place where arms and ammunition are made, maintained and repaired, stored, issued to authorized users, or any combination of those. Over the centuries, this has included every variant of such a place, whether privately or publicly owned. Armories and arsenals are both places where arms or ammunition may be made, maintained and repaired, stored, or issued. The usage differences between the names is mainly a matter of historical linguistic development. It is a common principle in natural language that synonyms have subtle connotative boundaries.

Chambers 20th Century Dictionary

  1. Arsenal

    är′se-nal, n. a dock possessing naval stores: a public magazine or manufactory of naval and military stores. [It. arzenale, arsenale (Sp., Fr. arsenal)—Ar. dār aççinā‛ah, workshop; dār, house, al, the, cinā‛ah, art.]

Dictionary of Nautical Terms

  1. arsenal

    A repository of the munitions of war. Some combine both magazines of naval and military stores, and docks for the construction and repair of ships.

Military Dictionary and Gazetteer

  1. arsenal

    A public establishment for the storage or for the manufacture and storage of arms and all military equipments, whether for land or naval service. In the United States there are 17 arsenals and 1 armory (Springfield, Mass.), situated at different points throughout the whole country convenient for the distribution of materiel, as follows: Alleghany arsenal, at Pittsburg, Pa.; at Augusta, Ga.; Benicia, Cal.; Fort Monroe, Va.; Fort Union, N. M.; Frankford arsenal, Philadelphia, Pa.; Indianapolis, Ind.; Kennebec arsenal, Augusta, Me.; New York; Pikesville, Md.; Rock Island, Ill.; Jefferson Barracks, Mo.; San Antonio, Texas; Vancouver, W. T.; Washington, D. C.; Watertown, Mass.; and Watervliet arsenal, West Troy, N. Y.

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Numerology

  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of arsenal in Chaldean Numerology is: 2

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of arsenal in Pythagorean Numerology is: 7

Examples of arsenal in a Sentence

  1. Tom Watson:

    I've had a hard look at the course and remembered some of the things that you need to have in your arsenal to play this course, i have to go through a lot of players to win, and it would be extra special at my age.

  2. Shannon Johnstone:

    The saddest thing is there is no alternative for animal overpopulation other than euthanasia, no other tool in their arsenal.

  3. Akhil Vyas:

    We had a member of Arsenal Supporters Trust buy one, and fly from the USA only to have his ticket refunded a few days before the game, of course, he has spent hundreds on the flight and hotels for which he could n’t get a refund.

  4. President Vladimir Putin:

    More than 40 new intercontinental ballistic missiles able to overcome even the most technically advanced anti-missile defense systems will be added to the make-up of the nuclear arsenal this year.

  5. Abraham Foxman:

    The President feels very strongly on this -- this is his legacy. And he's using every weapon in the arsenal he's got, but some of the arrows in his quiver might land in the wrong place.

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