arsenal

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Estimated CEFR level: C1 — Advanced

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Definition

  1. noun all the weapons and equipment that a country has
  2. noun a military structure where arms and ammunition and other military equipment are stored and training is given in the use of arms
  3. noun a place where arms are manufactured

Etymology

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

In classic literature

Synonyms

armory, armoury

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