arsenal

ar·se·nal  (ärs-nl)

n.

1. A governmental establishment for the storing, development, manufacturing, testing, or repairing of arms, ammunition, and other war materiel.

2. A stock of weapons.

3. A store or supply: an arsenal of retorts.

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[Italian arsenale, from obsolete arzanale, darsena, from Arabic a in'a, manufacture, industry, and dr-a-in'a, place of manufacture : dr, house (from dra, to turn, revolve; see dwr in Semitic roots) + al-, the + in'a, manufacture (from ana'a, to make; see n in Semitic roots).]

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arsenal [ˈɑːsən^əl]

n

1. (Military) a store for arms, ammunition, and other military items

2. (Military) a workshop or factory that produces munitions

3. a store of anything regarded as weapons an arsenal of destructive arguments

[from Italian arsenale dockyard, from the original Venetian arsenal dockyard and naval store, from Arabic dār sin̄`ah, from dār house + sin̄`ah manufacture]

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arsenal - From Arabic dar al sindah, meaning "workshop for art, manufacture," it was originally used in English to mean "naval dock" or workshops for making ships and arms.

See also related terms for manufacture.

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	arsenal - all the weapons and equipment that a country has armory, armoury armament - weaponry used by military or naval force
	2.	arsenal - a military structure where arms and ammunition and other military equipment are stored and training is given in the use of arms armory, armoury military installation - any facility servicing military forces armed forces, armed services, military, military machine, war machine - the military forces of a nation; "their military is the largest in the region"; "the military machine is the same one we faced in 1991 but now it is weaker"
	3.	arsenal - a place where arms are manufactured armory, armoury foundry, metalworks - factory where metal castings are produced

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arsenal

noun armoury, stock, supply, store, magazine, stockpile, storehouse, ammunition dump, arms depot, ordnance depot They are committed to destroying most of their nuclear arsenals.

Translations

arsenal [ˈɑːsɪnl] N → arsenal m

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arsenal [ˈɑː^rsən^əl] n → arsenal m

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arsenal

n (Mil) (= store) → Arsenal nt, → Zeughaus nt (old); (= factory) → Waffen-/Munitionsfabrik f; (fig) → Waffenlager nt

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arsenal [ˈɑːsɪnl] n → arsenale m

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arsenal

n arsenal [ˈaːsənl]

a factory or store for weapons, ammunition etc. arsenaal مَخْزَن أو مَصْنَع أسْلِحَه арсенал zbrojovka, zbrojnice forråd; ammunitionsdepot; arsenal das Waffenarsenal; das Waffenlager οπλοστάσιο arsenal arsenal زرادخانه arsenaali arsenal מַחֲסַן נֶשֶק शस्त्रागार arsenal arzenál gudang senjata vopnaverksmiðja; vopnabúr arsenale 兵器庫 병기창 arsenalas arsenāls kilang senjata arsenaal arsenal, våpenfabrikk arsenał arsenal arsenal арсенал arzenál, zbrojnica orožarna fabrika (skladište) oružja arsenal คลังแสงสรรพาวุธ silâh deposu, cephanelik 兵工廠 арсенал اسلحہ خانہ ، اسلحہ سازی کا کارخانہ kho chứa vũ khí/ xưởng sản xuất vũ khí 兵工厂