arsenal

[ ahr-suh-nl, ahrs-nuhl ]

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.

arsenal

/ 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

Word History and Origins

Origin of arsenal¹

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

Word History and Origins

Origin of arsenal¹

C16: from Italian arsenale dockyard, from the original Venetian arsenal dockyard and naval store, from Arabic dār sīn`ah, from dār house + sīn`ah manufacture

Example Sentences

But now he was home at his party headquarters in a 200-year-old fortress turned art gallery called the Mystetskiy Arsenal.

From The Daily Beast

Joint development of an Arsenal of Awe should become a priority for both countries.

From The Daily Beast

The Arsenal was the main employer in Woolwich, but it was shut down after WWII when the Empire disappeared and the army shrunk.

From The Daily Beast

The Arsenal has been converted to “Manhattan style, loft apartments,” the vast majority still unsold.

From The Daily Beast

Sales have doubled over the past week at Blue Ridge Arsenal in Chantilly, Va., according to store manager Donnel Dover.

From The Daily Beast

The Americans demanded the surrender of the Arsenal, the Admiral, and the surviving crews of the destroyed fleet.

From Project Gutenberg

In two months' time a thousand bombs will be ready at the Japanese Arsenal, and five hundred the following month.

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Seven or eight days ago, a man having received behind the Arsenal a stab with a knife, I sewed up the wound, and cured him.

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They broke the locks with tools, captured Whelan, and took possession of the Armory and also of the Arsenal outside.

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Main Arsenal is on a bluff overlooking the city, and is one hundred and sixty feet above the river.

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