ARSENAL


Meaning of ARSENAL in English

ar ‧ se ‧ nal /ˈɑːs ə nəl $ ˈɑːr-/ BrE AmE noun [countable]

[ Date: 1500-1600 ; Language: Italian ; Origin: arsenale , from Arabic dar sina'ah 'house where things are made' ]

1 . a large group of weapons that someone has:

Britain’s nuclear arsenal

arsenal of

an arsenal of guns

2 . a building where weapons are stored

3 . the equipment, methods etc that someone can use to help them achieve something:

a software package that’s now part of our arsenal

arsenal of

He has a whole arsenal of cameras.

Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English.      Longman - Словарь современного английского языка.