armoury
A place where arms are kept, an arsenalA place where arms are kept, an arsenal.
» Holmes stretched upon the sofa, while Hayter and I looked over his little armoury of Eastern weapons.
Meaning
6 senses(UK, also, countable, figuratively, uncountable)A place where arms are kept, an arsenal.
Rüstkammer, Waffenkammer, Waffenlager
арсена́лarsenál, оруже́йная пала́таoružéjnaja paláta, цейхга́узcejxgáuz
зброя́рняzbrojárnja, арсена́лarsenál
a place where arms are manufactured
(UK, countable, uncountable)A collection of weapons and materiel.
a collection of resources
(UK, countable, uncountable)A place where arms are made.
a military structure where arms and ammunition and other military equipment are stored and training is given in the use of arms
(UK, countable, uncountable)The manufacture of armour and arms; arming, armouring.
(UK, countable, uncountable)Heraldry.
Wappenkunde
(UK, collective, countable, noun, rare, uncountable)A family or group of aardvarks.
Examples
1 sentencesHolmes stretched upon the sofa, while Hayter and I looked over his little armoury of Eastern weapons.
Translations
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Origin
From Middle English armerie, armurie, armorye, from Anglo-Norman armurrie, from armure (“aFrom Middle English armerie, armurie, armorye, from Anglo-Norman armurrie, from armure (“arms, armor”) + -ie (“-y”). By surface analysis, armour + -y.
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Forms
plural: armouriesSynonyms
3 synonymsWord family
1 related wordsLessons for this word
1 lessons- A1Countable and uncountable nouns — Because it can be uncountable