arsenal

Language: en

🇬🇧 /ˈɑːsənəl/ 🇺🇸 /ˈɑrsənəl/

📖 Definitions

  1. noun
    A place where weapons and military equipment are stored or manufactured.; A collection or supply of resources, tools, or weapons available for use.; A place where anything is kept in store; a storehouse or repository.; A collection of weapons, especially firearms, owned by an individual or group.; A football club based in London, England (Arsenal F.C.).

🔗 Details

Word forms

countable Plural: arsenals

Collocations

nuclear arsenalarsenal of weaponsbuild up an arsenalarsenal of toolsarsenal of knowledgemilitary arsenal

Synonyms

armorystockpilerepositorystorehousecollectioncache

Commonly confused

armory
EN: 'Armory' specifically refers to a place where weapons are stored or manufactured; 'arsenal' can refer to both the place and the collection of weapons/resources itself.
arsenic
EN: 'Arsenic' is a chemical element; 'arsenal' is a collection of weapons or resources — they share only the first few letters.

Spelling tips

EN: Remember 'arsenal' ends in '-al', not '-el' or '-ol'. It derives from Arabic via Italian 'arsenale'.

💬 Examples

  1. The soldiers were sent to the arsenal to collect their new rifles.

  2. The company has a vast arsenal of patents to protect its technology.

  3. The library serves as an arsenal of knowledge for the community.

  4. Police discovered a large arsenal of illegal firearms in the suspect's garage.

  5. Arsenal won the Premier League title in the 2003-2004 season without losing a single match.