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. Richard Iley at BNP Paribas:

    To quash talk that its arsenal is empty, the Bank of Japan might decide at its September meeting to stop targeting the monetary base, which conflicts with the negative-rate policy.

  2. Yath Gangakumaran:

    I think Rwanda in particular have seen the benefits of the Arsenal sponsorship deal.

  3. Columbia Michael Sherwin:

    We're not going to keep anything out of our arsenal for potential charges, we will bring the most maximum charges we can based upon the conduct.

  4. Joe Musgrove:

    Just didn’t have a great arsenal to work with, the walks obviously hurt me a lot. Just a lot of wasted pitches, a lot of extended innings. I made the night a lot harder on myself than I needed to.

  5. Naomi Judd:

    They tried me on every single thing they had in their arsenal, it really felt like, if I live through this I want someone to be able to see that they can survive.

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