armoury (redirected from armories)

armoury or US armory

Noun

pl -mouries or -mories

1. a secure storage place for weapons

2. military supplies

3. resources on which to draw: modern medicine has a large armoury of drugs for the treatment of mental illness

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Armoury armour collectively; an armed force.

Example: the king had ordained his armour, knights ... all ready for to go, c. 1400.

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	armoury - a collection of resources; "he dipped into his intellectual armory to find an answer" armory, inventory resourcefulness, imagination, resource - the ability to deal resourcefully with unusual problems; "a man of resource"
	2.	armoury - all the weapons and equipment that a country has arsenal, armory armament - weaponry used by military or naval force
	3.	armoury - a military structure where arms and ammunition and other military equipment are stored and training is given in the use of arms arsenal, armory 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"
	4.	armoury - a place where arms are manufactured arsenal, armory foundry, metalworks - factory where metal castings are produced

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armoury U.S. armory

noun arsenal, magazine, ammunition dump, arms depot, ordnance depot

Translations

armoury (US), armory [ˈɑːmərɪ] n → arsenal m

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armoury [ˈɑːmərɪ] armour n (storeroom) → Waffenlager nt

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armoury, armory [ˈɑːmərɪ] n → arsenale m