arsenal
[ ahr-suh-nl, ahrs-nuh l ]
/ ˈɑr sə nl, ˈɑrs nəl /
noun
a place of storage or a magazine containing arms and military equipment for land or naval service.
a government establishment where military equipment or munitions are manufactured.
a collection or supply of weapons or munitions.
a collection or supply of anything; store: He came to the meeting with an impressive arsenal of new research data.
Origin of arsenal
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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British Dictionary definitions for arsenal
arsenal
/ (ˈɑːsənəl) /
noun
a store for arms, ammunition, and other military items
a workshop or factory that produces munitions
a store of anything regarded as weapons
an arsenal of destructive arguments
Word Origin for arsenal
C16: from Italian
arsenale dockyard, from the original Venetian
arsenal dockyard and naval store, from Arabic
dār sīn`ah, from
dār house +
sīn`ah manufacture