Meaning

4 senses
  1. A military establishment for the storing, development, manufacturing, testing, or repairing of arms, ammunition, and other war materiel; an armoury.

    Zeughaus, Waffenkammer, Arsenal

    арсена́лarsenál

    арсена́лarsenál

    a military structure where arms and ammunition and other military equipment are stored and training is given in the use of arms

  2. A stock of weapons, especially all the weapons that a nation possesses.

    арсена́лarsenál

  3. A store or supply of anything.

    арсена́лarsenál

  4. 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.

Examples

7 sentences
  1. They have a powerful military arsenal.

    ruУ них есть мощный военный арсенал.

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  2. Arsenal is my favourite football team.

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  3. Their arsenal is very powerful.

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  4. The army surrendered its arsenal to the enemy.

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  5. Arsenal is up 3-0.

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Translations

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Origin

From Italian arsenale, from Arabic دَار الصِّنَاعَة (dār aṣ-ṣināʕa, “manufacturing shop”),

From Italian arsenale, from Arabic دَار الصِّنَاعَة (dār aṣ-ṣināʕa, “manufacturing shop”), from دَار (dār) + صِنَاعَة (ṣināʕa).

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Forms

plural: arsenals
Singulararsenal
Pluralarsenals

regular

Synonyms

2 synonyms
Close in meaning
  • a military structure where arms and ammunition and other military equipment are stored and training is given in the use of arms:armoryarmoury
  • all the weapons and equipment that a country has:armoryarmoury
  • a place where arms are manufactured:armoryarmoury

Word family

3 related words

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
arsenal — meaning, examples, forms, synonyms | Krumeto