arsenal

Meaning

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

Synonyms

armoury

armory

magazine

weaponry

stores

weapons storehouse

arms factory

armament

ordinance department

arms depot

the royal arsenal

arms plant

military warehouse

armory

armoury

hardware

materiel

stockpile

store

weapons

powder magazine

ordinance factory

Translations

arsenal

arsenal

arsenale

arsenal

Waffenlager

Arsenal

arsenaal

Waffenfabrik

οπλοστάσιο

arsenal

wapenmagazijn

armurier

armeria

wapenkamer

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ˈɑː(ɹ)sənəl/

Etymology

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