arsenal

/ˈɑɹsənəl/
noun

A military establishment for the storing, development, manufacturing, testing, or repairing of arms, ammunition, and other war materiel; an armoury.

NWL Collins ENABLE

Noun 4 meanings

  1. A military establishment for the storing, development, manufacturing, testing, or repairing of arms, ammunition, and other war materiel; an armoury.

  2. A stock of weapons, especially all the weapons that a nation possesses.

  3. A store or supply of anything.

  4. Any supply of aid collected to prepare a person or army for hardship.

    “He arrived with a large arsenal of cleansers and tools, and got right to work.”

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Where it comes from

Etymology

From Italian arsenale, from Arabic دَار الصِّنَاعَة (dār aṣ-ṣināʕa, “manufacturing shop”), from دَار (dār) + صِنَاعَة (ṣināʕa).

ARSENAL at a glance

ARSENAL has 7 letters and scores 7 points in Scrabble (A 1 + R 1 + S 1 + E 1 + N 1 + A 1 + L 1) and 9 in Words With Friends, before board bonuses. It ranks #4,129 by how often it appears in everyday English. It is valid in ENABLE, NWL2023, Collins/SOWPODS.

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