Definition

1. Noun:
   • A place where arms are manufactured: A facility or building where weapons and military equipment are produced.
   • A military structure where arms and ammunition and other military equipment are stored and training is given in the use of arms: A secure building used for storing weapons and for providing military instruction.
   • All the weapons and equipment that a country has: The complete collection of military weapons and resources possessed by a nation or group.
   • A collection of resources: A figurative use meaning a supply or repository of skills, knowledge, or tools available for use.

Usage Examples

• Noun:
  • The historic armory downtown now produces specialized components for the aerospace industry.
  • New recruits reported to the regimental armory for weapons training and to draw their equipment.
  • The nation's naval armory includes several new classes of submarines and destroyers.
  • As a seasoned debater, she had a formidable intellectual armory of facts and rhetorical techniques.

Advanced Usage

• "To dip into one's armory": To draw upon or make use of one's available resources, skills, or knowledge.
  • The lawyer dipped into his legal armory to counter the surprise evidence.

Variants and Related Words

• Armoury (noun): The British English spelling of "armory," with identical meanings.
• Arsenal (noun): A close synonym, often used interchangeably, especially for meanings related to a storage place for weapons or a collection of resources.

Synonyms

• Arsenal: A place where weapons are stored or manufactured; a collection of resources.
• Depot: A place for the storage of large quantities of equipment or goods.
• Repository: A place where things are stored or can be found; a collection.

Related Phrases

• National armory: Refers specifically to the collective military equipment of a country.
  • The treaty aimed to limit the size of each signatory's national armory.

Noun

1. a place where arms are manufactured
2. a military structure where arms and ammunition and other military equipment are stored and training is given in the use of arms
3. all the weapons and equipment that a country has
4. a collection of resources
   • he dipped into his intellectual armory to find an answer