ARMORY

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does armory mean? 

• ARMORY (noun)
  The noun ARMORY has 4 senses:

1. a collection of resources

2. all the weapons and equipment that a country has

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

4. a place where arms are manufactured

  Familiarity information: ARMORY used as a noun is uncommon.

 Dictionary entry details 

• ARMORY (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A collection of resources

Classified under:

Nouns denoting cognitive processes and contents

Synonyms:

armory; armoury; inventory

Context example:

he dipped into his intellectual armory to find an answer

Hypernyms ("armory" is a kind of...):

imagination; resource; resourcefulness (the ability to deal resourcefully with unusual problems)

Sense 2

Meaning:

All the weapons and equipment that a country has

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Synonyms:

armory; armoury; arsenal

Hypernyms ("armory" is a kind of...):

armament (weaponry used by military or naval force)

Sense 3

Meaning:

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

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Synonyms:

armory; armoury; arsenal

Hypernyms ("armory" is a kind of...):

military installation (any facility servicing military forces)

Domain category:

armed forces; armed services; military; military machine; war machine (the military forces of a nation)

Sense 4

Meaning:

A place where arms are manufactured

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Synonyms:

armory; armoury; arsenal

Hypernyms ("armory" is a kind of...):

foundry; metalworks (factory where metal castings are produced)

 Context examples 

“We have but to pass through the abbey grounds, along the armory wall, past the church of St. Remi, and so down the Rue des Apotres.”

(The White Company, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

His thoughts were still in the woods of Minstead and the old armory of Twynham Castle, when the hoarse voice of the master-shipman brought them back once more to the Bay of Biscay.

(The White Company, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

Sitting upon a rock, with his burning brow resting upon his hands, he thought of his brother, of their quarrel, of the Lady Maude in her bedraggled riding-dress, of the gray old castle, of the proud pale face in the armory, and of the last fiery words with which she had sped him on his way.

(The White Company, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

Alleyne, from the window of the armory, looked down upon the strange scene—the circles of yellow flickering light, the lines of stern and bearded faces, the quick shimmer of arms, and the lean heads of the horses.

(The White Company, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)