ARMOURY

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does armoury mean? 

• ARMOURY (noun)
  The noun ARMOURY 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: ARMOURY used as a noun is uncommon.

 Dictionary entry details 

• ARMOURY (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 ("armoury" 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 ("armoury" 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 ("armoury" 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 ("armoury" is a kind of...):

foundry; metalworks (factory where metal castings are produced)

 Context examples 

On the evening of our arrival we were sitting in the Colonel’s gun-room after dinner, Holmes stretched upon the sofa, while Hayter and I looked over his little armoury of fire-arms.

(The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)