armor

Meaning

Noun

1. (US, uncountable) A protective layer over a body, vehicle, or other object intended to deflect or diffuse damaging forces.
2. (US, uncountable) A natural form of this kind of protection on an animal's body.
3. (US, uncountable) A metal plate, protecting a ship, military vehicle, or aircraft.
4. (US, countable) A tank, or other heavy mobile assault vehicle.
5. (US, uncountable) A military formation consisting primarily of tanks or other armoured fighting vehicles, collectively.
6. (US, uncountable) The naturally occurring surface of pebbles, rocks or boulders that line the bed of a waterway or beach and provide protection against erosion.

Verb

1. (US, transitive) To equip something with armor or a protective coating or hardening.
2. (US, transitive) To provide something with an analogous form of protection.

Synonyms

armour

shield

🛡️

armour

coat of mail

shell

🐚

armor plate

armature

body armour

covering

chain mail

cuirass

arms

panoply

harness

protection

arm

corselet

clothe

completeness

corslet

equip

exterior

fit

fit out

gear up

helmet

invest

kit

mail

militarize

mobilise

munition

ornament

outfit

packaging

plate armour

rearm

sheathing

sheeting

shielding

shutter

stock

supply

turn out

weapons

body armor

kit out

militarise

protective covering

suit of armor

Translations

armure

armadura

armatura

Rüstung

pantser

armadura

blindage

corazza

Panzer

harnas

bepantsering

θωράκιση

kuras

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ˈɑːɹ.mɚ/

Etymology

Inherited from Middle English: armure

In summary

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).