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armory

ar·mor·y
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Transcription

    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • UK Pronunciation
    • UK IPA
    • [ahr-muh-ree]
    • /ˈɑr mə ri/
    • /ˈɑː.mə.ri/
    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • [ahr-muh-ree]
    • /ˈɑr mə ri/

Definitions of armory word

  • noun armory armor or armorial bearings 3
  • noun armory a storehouse for weapons; arsenal 3
  • noun armory an aggregate of resources, etc. 3
  • noun armory a building housing the drill hall and offices of a National Guard unit 3
  • noun armory a place where firearms are made 3
  • noun armory heraldry 3

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Origin of armory

First appearance:

before 1300
One of the 15% oldest English words
1300-50; Middle English armerie, armur(i)e < Middle French armoierie, equivalent to Old French armoi(er) to bear arms (derivative of armes arm2) + -erie -ery

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Parts of speech for Armory

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation

armory popularity

A common word. It’s meaning is known to most children of preschool age. About 83% of English native speakers know the meaning and use the word.
Most Europeans know this English word. The frequency of it’s usage is somewhere between "mom" and "screwdriver".

armory usage trend in Literature

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Synonyms for armory

noun armory

  • depot — A depot is a place where large amounts of raw materials, equipment, arms, or other supplies are kept until they are needed.
  • headquarters — a center of operations, as of the police or a business, from which orders are issued; the chief administrative office of an organization: The operatives were always in touch with headquarters.
  • factory — a building or group of buildings with facilities for the manufacture of goods.
  • plant — any member of the kingdom Plantae, comprising multicellular organisms that typically produce their own food from inorganic matter by the process of photosynthesis and that have more or less rigid cell walls containing cellulose, including vascular plants, mosses, liverworts, and hornworts: some classification schemes may include fungi, algae, bacteria, blue-green algae, and certain single-celled eukaryotes that have plantlike qualities, as rigid cell walls or photosynthesis.
  • center — a point equally distant from all points on the circumference of a circle or surface of a sphere

Top questions with armory

  • what is an armory?
  • where are springfield armory guns made?
  • what was the armory show?

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