armor
UK/ˈɑː.mə//ˈɑːɹ.mɚ/
armor noun: a protective layer over a body, vehicle, or other object intended to deflect or diffuse damaging forces.
Noun
armor (countable and uncountable, plural armors)
- A protective layer over a body, vehicle, or other object intended to deflect or diffuse damaging forces.
- a suit of armor
- You teach me how to be a man / Though I am someone's daughter / The path of warrior was set for me / And I had to try on the armour / No it doesn't suit me / And it feels so heavy / I'm frightened and so ashamed / That I have to combat the world alone / That I have to swing my sword alone2025, “Someone's Daughter”, in Duél, performed by Jinjer
- A natural form of this kind of protection on an animal's body.
- A metal plate, protecting a ship, military vehicle, or aircraft.
- Synonyms:
- armor plate, armour plate
- A tank, or other heavy mobile assault vehicle.
- A military formation consisting primarily of tanks or other armoured fighting vehicles, collectively.
- Good work, Chief. Link up with our armor on the far side of the wall.2007 September 25, Bungie, Halo 3, spoken by Miranda Keyes (Justis Bolding), Microsoft Game Studios, Xbox 360, level/area: The Ark
- Synonyms:
- cavalry, mechanized, body armour, body armor, mail, chain mail, plate, suit of armour, suit of armor
- The naturally occurring surface of pebbles, rocks or boulders that line the bed of a waterway or beach and provide protection against erosion.
Verb
armor (third-person singular simple present armors, present participle armoring, simple past and past participle armored)
- To equip something with armor or a protective coating or hardening.
- To provide something with an analogous form of protection.
Proper noun capitalized: Armor
Armor (plural Armors)
- A surname.
armor meaning in Hindi, Marathi, Urdu and Malayalam
armor in Hindi
- protective layer over a body, vehicle, or other object intended to deflect or diffuse damaging forces
- कवच kavac
armor in Marathi
- protective layer over a body, vehicle, or other object intended to deflect or diffuse damaging forces
- कवच kavac
- natural form of this kind of protection on an animal's body
- कवच kavac
armor in Urdu
- armor
- سلاح silāh
armor in Malayalam
- armor
- വർമ്മ vaṟmma
More languagesFewer languages
- armor in Sanskrit
- वर्मन् várman
- armor in Tagalog
- baluti
- armor in Arabic
- دِرْع dirʕ
- armor in Indonesian
- zirah, lapis baja
- armor in Persian
- زره zere
- armor in Thai
- เกราะ kerāa
- armor in Vietnamese
- áo giáp, giáp
Examples of armor in a sentence
- The warrior saw a chink in her enemy's armor, and aimed her spear accordingly.
- I see a column driving without armor support, only milk trucks.
- We must work this out on our own and not wait for a knight in shining armor, who may never come.
Synonyms of armor
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Forms of armor
| Noun | |
|---|---|
| plural | armors |
| alternative Australia Canada UK | armour |
| Verb | |
| third-person singular present | armors |
| present participle | armoring |
| past participle | armored |
| past | armored |
| Proper noun | |
| plural | Armors |
Origin of armor
From Middle English armure, armour, armor, armeure, borrowed from Anglo-Norman armure and Old French armeüre, from Latin armātūra. Doublet of armature and armure. By surface analysis, arm (“to cover or furnish”) + -or (suffix forming agent nouns or nouns of quality, state, or condition).
Words formed from armor
- antiarmor
- appliqué armour
- armorbearer
- armor-bearer
- armored combat
- armorial
- armorist
- armorless
- armorlike
- armor-piercing
- armor-piercing shot
- armorplast
- armor-plated
- armorsmith
- armour-piercing
- armour-plated
- armour plating
- armoury
- chink in the armor
- combat armor suit
- composite armour
- dearmor
- enarmor
- explosive reactive armour
- horse armor
- knight in shining armor
- mirror armor
- plate armor
- plot armor
- reactive armor
- reactive armour
- rock armour
- scale armor
- spaced armour
- stand-off armour
- suit of armour
Phrases with armor
Words that rhyme with armor
Questions about armor
- What does armor mean?
- Armor means a protective layer over a body, vehicle, or other object intended to deflect or diffuse damaging forces.
- What is armor in Hindi?
- Armor in Hindi is कवच (kavac). See Armor meaning in Hindi.
- What part of speech is armor?
- Armor can be a noun, a verb or a proper noun.
- How do you pronounce armor?
- Armor is pronounced /ˈɑː.mə/ (UK).
- What is the plural of armor?
- The plural of armor is armors.
Words near armor in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: armor (page history and authors); Armor (page history and authors); سلاح (Urdu) (page history and authors); വർമ്മ (Malayalam) (page history and authors); वर्मन् (Sanskrit) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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