Armory
['ɑrməri]
Definition
(noun.) a place where arms are manufactured.
(noun.) a collection of resources; 'he dipped into his intellectual armory to find an answer'.
Checker: Phelps--From WordNet
Definition
(n.) A place where arms and instruments of war are deposited for safe keeping.
(n.) Armor; defensive and offensive arms.
(n.) A manufactory of arms, as rifles, muskets, pistols, bayonets, swords.
(n.) Ensigns armorial; armorial bearings.
(n.) That branch of heraldry which treats of coat armor.
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Synonyms and Synonymous
n. Arsenal, depository of arms, magazine of arms.
Checker: Thelma
Examples
- When we go back to the Acropolis, I will show you my armory. Fergus Hume. The Island of Fantasy.
- Remington took over the contract and the machinery, added to his power, secured by putting in another water race, erected the building now known as the Old Armory, and made the carbines. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
- In the past it has been an armory of platitudes or a forecast of punishments. Walter Lippmann. A Preface to Politics.
- The Forty-Niners took revolvers to California, foreign governments sent orders for them, and armories were built in England and in Russia for their manufacture. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
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