armory

noun ar·mory \ ˈärm-rē , ˈär-mə- \

|Updated on: 12 Jul 2018

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Definition of armory

plural armories

1 a : a supply of arms for defense or attack

b : a collection of available resources

2 : a place where arms and military equipment are stored; especially : one used for training reserve military personnel

3 : a place where arms are manufactured

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Examples of armory in a Sentence

the site of a 19th-century armory
the soldier was sent to the armory to get a replacement weapon for the one that had been stolen

Recent Examples of armory from the Web

Paul was a truck and auto mechanic throughout his 35 years as a full time technician, working at the Norwalk, Stratford, and Ansonia armories.

— hartford courant, courant.com, "Paul Grosso," 17 June 2018
The list of items lost in the armory fire continues.

— erik lacitis, The Seattle Times, "Huge Aberdeen fire steals thousands of pieces of town history, including a Kurt Cobain exhibit," 16 June 2018
The patrollers—Oxereok, his brother Stanley, two of their nephews, and two other young men—acquired their gear: a snowmobile and toboggan, safety supplies, and an armory of bear deterrents.

— eva holland, Smithsonian, "Where the Doomed, Beloved Polar Bear Is Still a Dangerous Predator," 16 May 2018
Just being here in the armory, the Park Armory, and being in that space is so extraordinary and liberating because of the scale and the vastness of it.

— danielle c. belton, The Root, "Artist Nick Cave Teaches Me How to ‘Let Go’ at The Let Go," 19 June 2018
Plans for the armory, posted on the Greenberg Gibbons website, call for a restaurant with outdoor seating, offices and a coffee shop.

— alison knezevich, baltimoresun.com, "Developers of Towson Row announce hotel vendor, construction timeline goals," 7 June 2018
The women competed on small, temporary wooden tracks built inside armories and theaters, with banks as steep as 35 degrees.

— kate siber, Outside Online, "This Seamstress Conquered Bike Racing in the 1890s," 31 May 2018
The armories and security personnel are not directly involved in the protection of nuclear weapons, the official said, adding there is no indication that the security of those weapons has been compromised.

— barbara starr, CNN, "Disappearance of weapons at Air Force base prompts investigation," 18 May 2018
Then, Corba, with nowhere else to go, attempted to flee on foot and break into the armory, authorities said.

— kathleen joyce, Fox News, "'Messenger of meth' crashes minivan on South Carolina National Guard property after traffic jam rage, cops say," 26 Apr. 2018

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Did You Know?

An armory has traditionally been a military storage compound where machine guns, rifles, pistols, ammunition, parts, and accessories are kept. In the U.S., National Guard and Reserve units often use armories as training headquarters in peacetime. Ever since George Washington established the country's first armory in Springfield in 1777, arsenals and armories of the Army Ordnance Corps have had a remarkable history of arms manufacture.

First Known Use of armory

14th century

in the meaning defined at sense 1a

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armory Synonyms

Synonyms

arsenal, depot, dump, magazine;

Related Words

fort, fortress, stronghold;

repository, storehouse, warehouse;

ARMORY Defined for English Language Learners

armory

noun

Definition of armory for English Language Learners

: a supply of weapons
: a place where weapons are kept; especially : a place where weapons are kept and where soldiers are trained
: a place where weapons are made