arsenal

American  

[ahr-suh-nl, ahrs-nuhl] / ˈɑr sə nl, ˈɑrs nəl /

noun

1. a place of storage or a magazine containing arms and military equipment for land or naval service.

2. a government establishment where military equipment or munitions are manufactured.

3. a collection or supply of weapons or munitions.

4. a collection or supply of anything; store.

   He came to the meeting with an impressive arsenal of new research data.

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arsenal British  

/ ˈɑːsənəl /

noun

1. a store for arms, ammunition, and other military items

2. a workshop or factory that produces munitions

3. a store of anything regarded as weapons

   an arsenal of destructive arguments

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Etymology

Origin of arsenal

1500–10; (< Middle French ) < Italian arzanale < Upper Italian ( Venetian ) arzanà dockyard < Arabic dār ṣināʿah workshop (literally, house of handwork); initial d probably taken as a form of the preposition di from

Example Sentences

Without its own nuclear weapons, Germany remains far more reliant on the U.S. for protection than France or the U.K., which have their own arsenals.

From The Wall Street Journal

We often think of peace as the absence of war, that if powerful countries would reduce their weapon arsenals, we could have peace.

From Salon

Such a declaration would be a blow to all those who still harbour hopes of convincing North Korea to give up its nuclear arsenal.

From Barron's

Instead, Kim has risked life and limb to expand her arsenal of twists and flips in every conceivable way.

From The Wall Street Journal

More help from Western partners would be needed to improve its arsenal.

From The Wall Street Journal