ARSENAL

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does arsenal mean? 

• ARSENAL (noun)
  The noun ARSENAL has 3 senses:

1. all the weapons and equipment that a country has

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

3. a place where arms are manufactured

  Familiarity information: ARSENAL used as a noun is uncommon.

 Dictionary entry details 

• ARSENAL (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

All the weapons and equipment that a country has

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Synonyms:

armory; armoury; arsenal

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

armament (weaponry used by military or naval force)

Sense 2

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 ("arsenal" 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 3

Meaning:

A place where arms are manufactured

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Synonyms:

armory; armoury; arsenal

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

foundry; metalworks (factory where metal castings are produced)

 Context examples 

Arsenal—technical papers—Brother Mycroft, the chain is complete.

(His Last Bow, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

He was armed with the weapons of the slain guards—a live arsenal that fled through the hills pursued by the organised might of society.

(White Fang, by Jack London)

Concerted action was impossible in face of the heavy arsenal of weapons carried in the steerage and cabin.

(The Sea-Wolf, by Jack London)

All the men smiled, for amongst them they carried a small arsenal.

(Dracula, by Bram Stoker)

The plans, which are exceedingly intricate, comprising some thirty separate patents, each essential to the working of the whole, are kept in an elaborate safe in a confidential office adjoining the arsenal, with burglar-proof doors and windows.

(His Last Bow, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)