armor
A protective layer over a body, vehicle, or other object intended to deflect or diffuse damaging forces.
Noun 4 meanings
A protective layer over a body, vehicle, or other object intended to deflect or diffuse damaging forces.
“a suit of armor”
A natural form of this kind of protection on an animal's body.
A metal plate, protecting a ship, military vehicle, or aircraft.
A tank, or other heavy mobile assault vehicle.
Verb 2 meanings
To equip something with armor or a protective coating or hardening.
To provide something with an analogous form of protection.
Etymology
From Middle English armure, armour, armor, armeure, borrowed from Anglo-Norman armure and Old French armeüre, from Latin armātūra. Doublet of armature and armure. By surface analysis, arm (“to cover or furnish”) + -or (suffix forming agent nouns or nouns of quality, state, or condition).
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ARMOR at a glance
ARMOR has 5 letters and scores 7 points in Scrabble (A 1 + R 1 + M 3 + O 1 + R 1) and 8 in Words With Friends, before board bonuses. It ranks #7,301 by how often it appears in everyday English. It is valid in ENABLE, NWL2023, Collins/SOWPODS.
Rhymes with armor
All rhymes- HUMOR10
- TUMOR7
- RUMOR7
- TREMOR8
- CLAMOR10
- GLAMOR9
- ANTITUMOR11
- ENAMOR8
- ANTIARMOR11
- BECLAMOR14
- BEGLAMOR13
- COENAMOR12
One letter away
- ARBOR7
- ARDOR6
- ARMER7
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