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arsenal

ar·se·nal
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Transcription

    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • UK Pronunciation
    • UK IPA
    • [ahr-suh-nl, ahrs-nuh l]
    • /ˈɑr sə nl, ˈɑrs nəl/
    • /ˈɑː.sən.əl/
    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • [ahr-suh-nl, ahrs-nuh l]
    • /ˈɑr sə nl, ˈɑrs nəl/

Definitions of arsenal word

  • countable noun arsenal An arsenal is a large collection of weapons and military equipment held by a country, group, or person. 3
  • countable noun arsenal An arsenal is a building where weapons and military equipment are stored. 3
  • countable noun arsenal You can use arsenal to refer to a large number of tools, methods, or resources that someone has available to help them achieve what they want to do. 3
  • noun arsenal a store for arms, ammunition, and other military items 3
  • noun arsenal a workshop or factory that produces munitions 3
  • noun arsenal a store of anything regarded as weapons 3

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Origin of arsenal

First appearance:

before 1500
One of the 26% oldest English words
1500-10; (< Middle French) < Italian arzanale < Upper Italian (Venetian) arzanà dockyard < Arabic dār ṣināʿah workshop (literally, house of handwork); initial d probably taken as a form of the preposition di from

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Parts of speech for Arsenal

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation

arsenal popularity

A common word. It’s meaning is known to most children of preschool age. About 88% 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".

arsenal usage trend in Literature

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Synonyms for arsenal

noun arsenal

  • ordnance — cannon or artillery.
  • 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.
  • dump — to drop or let fall in a mass; fling down or drop heavily or suddenly: Dump the topsoil here.
  • repository — a receptacle or place where things are deposited, stored, or offered for sale: a repository for discarded clothing.
  • stockpile — a supply of material, as a pile of gravel in road maintenance.

Antonyms for arsenal

noun arsenal

  • debt — A debt is a sum of money that you owe someone.

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