Armory

Definition: Armory

Armory

Noun

1. A collection of resources; "he dipped into his intellectual armory to find an answer".

2. All the weapons and equipment that a country has.

3. A military structure where arms and ammunition and other military equipment are stored and training is given in the use of arms.

4. A place where arms are manufactured.

Date "armory" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1596. (references)

Etymology: Armory \Ar"mo*ry\, noun; plural Armories. [Old French expression armaire, armarie, French armoire, from the Latin expression armarium place for keeping arms; but confused with French armoiries. See Armorial, Ambry.]. (Websters 1913)

Specialty Definition: Armory

Domain	Definition
Literature	Armory Heraldry is so called, because it first found its special use in direct connection with military equipments, knightly exercises, and the m�lée of actual battle. "Some great man's badge of war or armory." Morris: Earthly Paradise, ii. 167. Source: Brewer's Dictionary.
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Specialty Definition: Armory

(From Wikipedia, the free Encyclopedia)

An armory is a military depot used for the storage of weapons and ammunition. The term is also used to describe an area within a building where weapons are stored.

Source: adapted by the editor from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia under a copyleft GNU Free Documentation License (GFDL) from the article "Armory."

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Synonyms: Armory

Synonyms: armoury (n), arsenal (n), inventory (n). (additional references)

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Synonyms within Context: Armory

Context	Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus).
Arms	Noun: arm, arms; weapon, deadly weapon; armament, armaments, armature; panoply, stand of arms; armor; (defense); armory; (store); apparatus belli.
Store	Storehouse, storeroom, storecloset; depository, depot, cache, repository, reservatory, repertory; repertorium; promptuary, warehouse, entrepot, magazine; buttery, larder, spence; garner, granary; cannery, safe-deposit vault, stillroom; thesaurus; bank; (treasury); armory; arsenal; dock; gallery, museum, conservatory; menagery, menagerie.
Workshop	Hive, hive of industry; nursery; hothouse, hotbed; kitchen; mint, forge, loom; dock, dockyard; alveary; armory; laboratory, lab, research institute; refinery; cannery; power plant; beauty parlor;beehive, bindery, forcing pit, nailery, usine, slip, yard, wharf; foundry, foundery; furnace; vineyard.
Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus.

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Crosswords: Armory

English words defined with "armory": Armamentary, Armories, armoury ♦ inventory. (references)

Specialty definitions using "armory": DEPUTY SHERIFF, CHIEF. (references)

Etymologies containing "armory": Ambry, Armorial. (references)

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Commercial Usage: Armory

Domain	Title
Books	American Painting: From Its Beginnings to the Armory Show (reference) An Armory of Language (reference) An Armory of Swords (reference) Arsenal of Freedom - The Springfield Armory, 1890-1948: A Year-by-Year Account Drawn from Official Records (reference) Crozier's General Armory 2nd Edition (reference) (more book examples)

Music	Armory Square (reference) Live at the Cambridge Armory, Mass. 1973 [LIVE] (reference) Starship: Live at Sturgis Armory June 1968 [LIVE] (reference) (more classical music examples; more popular music examples)
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Image Slideshow: Armory

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Photo Album: Armory

Thumbnail	Description & Credit	Thumbnail	Description & Credit
	Observing at Station Armory Triangulation party of E. O. Heaton. Credit: Coast & Geodetic Survey Historical Image Collection.		[U.S. War of 1898 - Medical & Sanitary Affairs] : Ruins of Armory [at] Jacksonville. / P. Credit: National Library of Medicine; photo by Edward E. Philbrick..
	Secret service agents try to hold back the crowds that surge forward to watch President Johnson dance with the First Lady at the inaugural ball at the National Guard Armory [...]. Credit: Library of Congress.		Hawaii's Constitutional Convention opens April 4 in Honolulu armory, with 63 delegates gathered to write a constitution for Hawaii pending Senate approval of statehood for the territory. Credit: Library of Congress.
	Washington, D.C. Patients in Ward K of Armory Square Hospital. Credit: Library of Congress.		Armory and gymnasium, Madison, Wis. Credit: Library of Congress.
	The Armory, Cornell University. Credit: Library of Congress.		It has to be right. Gauging the diameter of the barrel of a Garand rifle following grinding. An eastern armory is turning out these rifles for the war program. Credit: Library of Congress.
	War program keeps its eye on the ballistics. These 50 caliber machine guns are being inspected in the ballistics laboratory at an eastern armory. Credit: Library of Congress.		Gypsy Smith Revival, 7th Regiment Armory, Oct. 13th, 1909. Credit: Library of Congress.
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Non-Fiction Usage: Armory

Subject	Topic	Quote
Civil Liberties	Solomon Islands	Police on Malaita reportedly are unable to offer protection to displaced Malaitans on the island since Malaitan militants raided a police armory in January 2000, seized hundreds of weapons, and set up headquarters on the island. (references)
Economic History	St. Kitts and Nevis	The March 2000 election results placed Vance Armory, as head of the CCM, the leader of the country's opposition party. (references)
Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits.

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Usage Frequency: Armory

"Armory" is generally used as a noun (singular) -- approximately 50.00% of the time. "Armory" is used about 12 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted)

Parts of Speech	Percent	Usage per 100 Million Words	Rank in English
Noun (singular)	50%	6	143,867
Adjective (general or positive)	33.33%	4	175,879
Noun (proper)	16.67%	2	245,945
Total	100.00%	12	N/A

Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.

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Frequency of Internet Keywords: Armory

The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com.

Expression	Frequency per Day	Expression	Frequency per Day
springfield armory	1,120	armory cals sporting	12
armory	127	armory heavy metal	12
armory fulton	126	armory riverbank	11
armory virtual	69	armory seabras	10
european american armory	68	armory urban	10
armory island rock	55	armory field track	10
collector armory	36	armory show	9
armory.com springfield	28	an armory of sword	9
armory paintball	28	armory higgins museum	9
springfield armory xd	27	armory brigade texas	9
armory track	26	armory collector ltd	9
armory burkes general	21	armory northwest	9
armory higgins	21	springfield armory 1911	9
dc armory	21	armory christian	9
armory guard national	20	armory springfeild	9
armory salem	16	armory square	9
armory.com fulton	16	armory christian sunshine	8
armory garage	15	armory m1a springfield	8
armory brigade iron	15	armory bank red	8
springfield armory scope	15	armory arts center	7
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Modern Translation: Armory

Language		Translations for "armory"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.
Albanian		armaturë (armature, armoury, crib, fittings, framework, lagging, mounting), vend për mbajtjen e armëve (armoury), uzinë armësh (armoury). (various references)

Arabic		‏مستودع الاسلحة (armoury), ‏مستودع أسلحة (armoury, arsenal), ‏مصنع أسلحة (armoury), ‏ترسانة إسلحة (armoury, arsenal), ‏صناعة السلاح (armoury), ‏أسلحة (armoury, arms, materials, weaponry). (various references)

Bulgarian		военен завод (armoury, munition factory), оръжеен склад (armoury), оръжеен завод (armoury), арсенал (armoury). (various references)

Chinese		军械�" (Armories). (various references)

Czech		arzenál (armoury, Arsenal), zbrojovka (armoury, Arsenal), zbrojnice (armoury, Arsenal). (various references)

Farsi		کارخانه ء اسلحه سازی , قورخانه (Arsenal), زرادخانه (Arsenal), اسلحه خانه . (various references)

French		arsenal (armoury, arsenal), armurerie (armoury, Arsenal), dépôt d'armes. (various references)

German		Waffenkammer (armoury). (various references)

Greek		στρατών (armoury), οπλοστάσιο. (various references)

Hungarian		fegyverraktár (armoury, Arsenal), fegyvergyár (armoury, Arsenal), fegyvertár (armoury, arsenal, gun-room, pod). (various references)

Italian		arsenale (armoury, arsenal, dockyard), armeria (armoury), sala d'armi (armoury). (various references)

Japanese Kanji		� 兵� (arms factory, arsenal), 武器庫 (ordnance department), 武器倉 (arsenal), 武庫 , 兵器庫 , 兵器� (arsenal, ordinance department). (various references)

Japanese Katakana		ぞうへいしょう (arms factory, arsenal), ぶきぐら (arsenal), ぶき�" (ordnance department), ぶ�", へいきしょう (arsenal, ordinance department), へいき�". (various references)

Korean		병기� (Armories). (various references)

Pig Latin		armoryay

Portuguese		arsenal (armoury, arsenal), armeiro (armorer, armourer, armoury, gunman, gunsmith), sala de armas (armoury), heráldica (armoury, blazonry), depósito de armas (armoury). (various references)

Romanian		arsenal (ammunition, armoury, Arsenal, stock, stock in trade), depozit de arme (armoury, magazine). (various references)

Russian		арсенал (armories, armoury, arsenal, arsl). (various references)

Serbo-Croatian		skladište oružja (armoury, arsenal). (various references)

Spanish		arsenal (armoury, arsenal, dockyard), armas de fuego (armoury), heráldica (armoury, heraldry), blasón (Armor, armorial bearings, armour, armourial bearings, armoury, bearings, blazon, crest). (various references)

Swedish		arsenal (armoury, arsenal), vapenförråd (armoury, gun-room). (various references)

Thai		คลังแสง. (various references)

Turkish		tophane (armoury, Arsenal), silâh fabrikası (armoury), silâh deposu (armoury, Arsenal), hanedan armacılığı (armoury, heraldry), cephanelik (ammunition dump, ammunition store, armoury, Arsenal, magazine, ordnance depot, powder magazine). (various references)

Ukrainian		учбовий манеж (armoury), геральдика (blazonry, heraldry), гербознавство (heraldry), майстерня зброяра (armoury), збройовий завод (armoury), арсенал (armoury). (various references)

Welsh		arfdy. (various references)
Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

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Ancestral Language Translations: Armory

Language	Period	Translations
Latin	500 BCE-Modern	armamentaria, armamentario, armamentarium. (various references)
Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

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Bible Trace: Armory

Language	Date	Source	Song of Solomon Chapter 4, Verse 4
Greek (transliterated)	250 BC	Septuagint	WV purgoV dauid trachloV sou o wkodomhmenoV eiV qalpiwq cilioi qureoi kremantai ep' auton pasai bolideV twn dunatwn
Latin	405	Vulgate	Sicut turris David collum tuum quae aedificata est cum propugnaculis mille clypei pendent ex ea omnis armatura fortium
Middle English	1395	Wyclif	As the tour of Dauid thi necke, that is bild out with pynacles; a thousend sheldis hangen of it, al the armoure of stronge men.
Jacobean English	1611	King James	Thy neck is like the tower of David builded for an armoury, whereon there hang a thousand bucklers, all shields of mighty men.
Victorian English	1833	Webster	Thy neck is like the tower of David built for an armory, on which hang a thousand bucklers, all shields of mighty men.
Basic English	1964	Ogden	Your neck is like the tower of David made for a store-house of arms, in which a thousand breastplates are hanging, breastplates for fighting-men.
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Matched Bible Translations: Armory

Language	Song of Solomon Chapter 4, Verse 4
Cebuano	Ang imong liog sama sa torre ni David Nga gitukod alang sa mga kasangkapan sa gubat, Diin anaay usa ka libo ka mga taming nga gipamitay, Ang tanan mga kalasag sa mga tawo nga kusganon.
Chinese	� 的 � � � � 好像大衛建 � �"� 藏軍器的高臺、其上懸掛一千盾牌、都是勇士的籐牌。
Croatian	Vrat ti je kao kula Davidova, za obranu sagraðena: tisuæu štitova visi na njoj, sve oklopi junaèki.
Danish	din Hals er som Davids Tårn, der er bygget til Udkig, tusinde Skjolde hænger derpå, kun Helteskjolde;
Dutch	Uw hals is als Davids toren, die gebouwd is tot ophanging van wapentuig, waar duizend rondassen aan hangen, altemaal zijnde schilden der helden.
Finnish	Sinun kaulasi on niinkuin Daavidin torni, linnaksi rakennettu; tuhat kilpeä riippuu siinä, urhojen varustuksia kaikkia.
French	Ton cou est comme la tour de David, Bâtie pour être un arsenal; Mille boucliers y sont suspendus, Tous les boucliers des héros.
German	Dein Hals ist wie der Turm Davids, mit Brustwehr gebaut, daran tausend Schilde hangen und allerlei Waffen der Starken.
Indonesian-Bahasa Sehari-hari	Lehermu bagaikan menara Daud, yang dibangun untuk menyimpan senjata. Kalungmu serupa seribu perisai, gada para pahlawan semuanya.
Indonesian-Terjemahan Lama	Lehermu seperti menara Daud, yang dibangunkan akan gedung senjata, perisai seribu buah adalah tergantung padanya, semuanya itu perisai orang pahlawan.
Italian	Come la torre di Davide il tuo collo, costruita a guisa di fortezza. Mille scudi vi sono appesi, tutte armature di prodi.
Maori	Rite tonu tou kaki ki te pourewa o Rawiri, he mea i hanga hei iringa mo nga patu, kei reira nei nga whakangungu rakau kotahi mano e iri ana, ko nga whakapuru tao katoa a te hunga marohirohi.
Norwegian	Din hals er som Davids tårn, bygget til våbenhus; tusen skjold henger på det, alle krigsmennenes skjold.
Portuguese	O teu pescoço é como a torre de Davi, edificada para sala de armas; no qual pendem mil broquéis, todos escudos de guerreiros valentes.
Rumanian	Gktul tqu este ca turnul lui David, zidit ca sq fie o casq de arme; o mie de scuturi atkrnq de el, toate scuturi de viteji.
Russian	ЫЕС ФЧПС--ЛБЛ УФПМ� дБЧЙ�"ПЧ, УППТХЦЕООЩК �"МС ПТХЦЙК, ФЩУСЮБ ЭЙФПЧ ЧЙУЙФ ОБ ОЕН--ЧУЕ ЭЙФЩ УЙМШОЩИ;
Spanish	Tu cuello es como la torre de David, edificada para armería: Mil escudos están colgados en ella, todos escudos de valientes.
Swedish	Din hals är lik Davids torn, det väl befästa; tusen sköldar hänga därpå, hjältarnas alla sköldar.
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Misspellings: Armory

Misspellings
	"Armory" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: ahrmor, amoray, Amori, arbory, areory, Argory, Armaly, Armary, armcor, armer, Armero, armior, armur, Farmary, irori. (additional references)
Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references).

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Rhyming with "Armory"

# of Phoneme Matches	Pronunciation	Word(s) rhyming with "armory" (pronounced Ä"rmerē)
3	-m er ē	creamery, Emery, Infirmary, mammary, memory, summary.
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Anagrams: Armory

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams
	Words within the letters "a-m-o-r-r-y"
	-1 letter: armor, marry, mayor, moray.
	-2 letters: army, mayo, mora, orra, roam, roar.
	-3 letters: arm, mar, may, moa, mor, oar, ora, ram, ray, rom, rya, yam, yar, yom.
	-4 letters: am, ar, ay, ma, mo, my, om, or, oy, ya, yo.
	Words containing the letters "a-m-o-r-r-y"
	+1 letter: armoury, marrowy, mortary.
	+2 letters: armyworm, moratory, mortuary, rosemary.
	+3 letters: armyworms, barometry, comradery, crematory, dromedary, formicary, formulary, martyrdom, migratory, temporary.
	+4 letters: armorially, astrometry, cryptogram, martyrdoms, micropylar, mycorrhiza, radiometry.
	+5 letters: calorimetry, craniometry, cryptograms, cryptomeria, extemporary, freemasonry, imprecatory, informatory, irremovably, lachrymator, marmoreally, martyrology, meritocracy, mycorrhizae, mycorrhizal, mycorrhizas, polarimetry, postprimary, protomartyr, reformatory, salmonberry, temporarily.
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