arsenal
/ˈɑɹsənəl/
Word Rarity
Uncommon
Frequency: 4.31 in modern English
7
Scrabble Score
7
Letters
3
Syllables
6
Unique Chars
Meaning
noun
A military establishment for the storing, development, manufacturing, testing, or repairing of arms, ammunition, and other war materiel; an armoury.
name
The Arsenal Football Club.
Example Sentences
- "Foremost in her arsenal is that smile – so enormous and so absurdly disarming that someone should have worked out a way to harness its power into international conflict resolution."
- "He arrived with a large arsenal of cleansers and tools, and got right to work."
- "Elyse Saugstad, a professional skier, wore a backpack equipped with an air bag, a relatively new and expensive part of the arsenal that backcountry users increasingly carry to ease their minds and increase survival odds in case of an avalanche."
Etymology
From Italian arsenale, from Arabic دَار الصِّنَاعَة (dār aṣ-ṣināʕa, “manufacturing shop”), from دَار (dār) + صِنَاعَة (ṣināʕa).
Origin
Word Breakdown
- Root: د و ر, arsenale, دَار الصِّنَاعَة
Regional Pronunciation
- American English: /ˈɑɹsənəl/
- British English: /ˈɑːsənəl/
Subject
Wiktionary places this term in Military.