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Meaning of arsenal | Babel Free

Noun CEFR C2 Standard
ˈɑːsənəl

Definitions

  1. A military establishment for the storing, development, manufacturing, testing, or repairing of arms, ammunition, and other war materiel; an armoury
  2. The Arsenal Football Club.
  3. A military establishment for the storing, development, manufacturing, testing, or repairing of arms, ammunition, and other war materiel; an armoury.
  4. A stock of weapons, especially all the weapons that a nation possesses
  5. A stock of weapons, especially all the weapons that a nation possesses.
  6. A store or supply of anything
  7. A store or supply of anything.
  8. Any supply of aid collected to prepare a person or army for hardship

Equivalents

Examples

“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.”

CEFR level

C2
Mastery
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