Illustration of armor
- 1 helmet
- 2 gorget
- 3 shoulder piece
- 4 pallette
- 5 breastplate
- 6 brassard
- 7 elbow piece
- 8 skirt of tasses
- 9 tuille
- 10 gauntlet
- 11 cuisse
- 12 knee piece
- 13 jambeau
- 14 solleret
1
: defensive covering for the body
especially
: covering (as of metal) used in combat
2
: a quality or circumstance that affords protection
the armor of prosperity
3
: a protective outer layer (as of a ship, a plant or animal, or a cable)
4
: armored forces and vehicles (such as tanks)
armor
transitive verb
Examples of armor in a Sentence
The officers are required to wear bulletproof body armor.
The shots penetrated the tank's armor.
The armadillo's armor consists of a series of small, bony plates.
a weapon designed for use against enemy armor
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The anatomy of these flakes of invertebrate armor resembled the teeth of vertebrates.
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Ari Daniel, NPR, 24 May 2025
The daughter of a generous and pragmatic father who worked for the Internal Revenue Service and a mother who wore a suit of armor over a devastating diagnosis.
—Brian Hamilton, New York Times, 22 May 2025
Game two was astonishing, and a full reckoning of the faults that existed in the defending champs’ armor.
—Tom Rende, Forbes.com, 21 May 2025
In the footage, another Ukrainian, presumably the commander who was motionless until that point, stands up, removes his body armor and is led away.
—Nick Paton Walsh, CNN Money, 21 May 2025
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Ari Daniel, NPR, 24 May 2025
The daughter of a generous and pragmatic father who worked for the Internal Revenue Service and a mother who wore a suit of armor over a devastating diagnosis.
—Brian Hamilton, New York Times, 22 May 2025
Game two was astonishing, and a full reckoning of the faults that existed in the defending champs’ armor.
—Tom Rende, Forbes.com, 21 May 2025
In the footage, another Ukrainian, presumably the commander who was motionless until that point, stands up, removes his body armor and is led away.
—Nick Paton Walsh, CNN Money, 21 May 2025
See All Example Sentences for armor
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“Armor.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/armor. Accessed 28 May. 2025.
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armor
noun
ar·mor
ˈär-mər 
1
: a covering (as of metal) to protect the body in battle
2
: a protective covering (as the steel sides of a battleship or the covering of an animal or plant)
3
: armored forces and vehicles (as tanks)
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