arsenal
/ˈɑːsənəl/US/ˈɑɹsənəl/
arsenal noun: a military establishment for the storing, development, manufacturing, testing, or repairing of arms, ammunition, and other war materiel; an armoury.
Noun
arsenal (plural arsenals)
- A military establishment for the storing, development, manufacturing, testing, or repairing of arms, ammunition, and other war materiel; an armoury.
- A stock of weapons, especially all the weapons that a nation possesses.
- A store or supply of anything.
- Foremost in her arsenal is that smile – so enormous and so absurdly disarming that someone should have worked out a way to harness its power into international conflict resolution.2014 January 21, Hermione Hoby, “Julia Roberts interview for August: Osage County – 'I might actually go to hell for this ...': Julia Roberts reveals why her violent, Oscar-nominated performance in...
- Any supply of aid collected to prepare a person or army for hardship.
- He arrived with a large arsenal of cleansers and tools, and got right to work.
- Elyse Saugstad, a professional skier, wore a backpack equipped with an air bag, a relatively new and expensive part of the arsenal that backcountry users increasingly carry to ease their minds and increase survival odds in case of an avalanche.2012 December 26, John Branch, “Snow Fall: The Avalanche at Tunnel Creek”, in The New York Times, New York, N.Y.: The New York Times Company, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 14 Nov 2013
Proper noun capitalized: Arsenal
Arsenal
arsenal meaning in Tamil, Marathi, Urdu and Bengali
arsenal in Tamil
- ஆயுதக்கிடங்கு, படைக்கொட்டில், ஆயுதச்சாலை, ஆயுதநிலையம்
arsenal in Marathi
- military establishment
- शिलेखाना śilekhānā, युद्धसाहित्यगृह yuddhasāhityagŕh
- stock of weapons
- शस्त्रसामग्री śastrasāmagrī
arsenal in Urdu
- arsenal
- اسلحہ خانہ aslahah ḵānah, کارخانہ kārxāna
arsenal in Bengali
- অস্ত্রাগার
More languagesFewer languages
- arsenal in Telugu
- ఆయుధశాల āyudhaśāla, అస్త్రాగారము astrāgāramu
- arsenal in Malayalam
- ആയുധശേഖരം, ആയുധപ്പുര, സൈനികോപകരണസംഭരണശാല
- arsenal in Kannada
- ಆಯುಧಾಗಾರ, ಶಸ್ತ್ರಾಗಾರ, ಆಯುಧಶಾಲೆ, ತೋಪುಖಾನೆ
- arsenal in Odia
- ଅସ୍ତ୍ରାଗାର, ଶସ୍ତ୍ରାଗାର
- arsenal in Nepali
- शस्त्रागार, आर्सेनल
- arsenal in Arabic
- تِرْسَانَة tirsāna
- arsenal in Indonesian
- arsenal
- arsenal in Persian
- زرادخانه zarâdxâne
- arsenal in Thai
- คลังแสง, คลังสรรพาวุธ, โรงแสง, โรงงานสรรพาวุธ
- arsenal in Vietnamese
- kho vũ khí, kho đạn dược
Examples of arsenal in a sentence
- Good lord, you've built up a positive arsenal of weaponry here.
- Arsenal revenged their loss to Manchester United last time with a 5–0 drubbing this time.
- Arsenal Women and Chelsea Women are the biggest women's football teams in England.
Forms of arsenal
| plural | arsenals |
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Origin of arsenal
From Italian arsenale, from Arabic دَار الصِّنَاعَة (dār aṣ-ṣināʕa, “manufacturing shop”), from دَار (dār) + صِنَاعَة (ṣināʕa).
Words formed from arsenal
Phrases with arsenal
Questions about arsenal
- What does arsenal mean?
- Arsenal means a military establishment for the storing, development, manufacturing, testing, or repairing of arms, ammunition, and other war materiel; an armoury.
- What is arsenal in Tamil?
- Arsenal in Tamil is ஆயுதக்கிடங்கு, படைக்கொட்டில், ஆயுதச்சாலை. See Arsenal meaning in Tamil.
- What part of speech is arsenal?
- Arsenal can be a noun or a proper noun.
- How do you pronounce arsenal?
- Arsenal is pronounced /ˈɑːsənəl/ (UK).
- What is the plural of arsenal?
- The plural of arsenal is arsenals.
Words near arsenal in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: arsenal (page history and authors); Arsenal (page history and authors); arsenal (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); اسلحہ خانہ (Urdu) (page history and authors); arsenal (Bengali Wiktionary) (page history and authors); అస్త్రాగారము (Telugu) (page history and authors); arsenal (Malayalam Wiktionary) (page history and authors); arsenal (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors); arsenal (Odia, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); arsenal (Nepali, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license). 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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