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American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition

  1. n. A storehouse for arms; an arsenal.
  2. n. A building for storing arms and military equipment, especially one serving as headquarters for military reserve personnel.
  3. n. An arms factory.

Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia

  1. n. Arms or armor collectively; a collection of arms or armor.
  2. n. A place where arms and instruments of war are kept. In the United States the State militia are usually provided with armories, which include also offices, drill-rooms, etc.
  3. n. A place where arms and armor are made; an armorer's shop; an arsenal.
  4. n. The craft of an armorer.
  5. n. The science of blazoning arms; the knowledge of coatarmor; heraldry.
  6. n. An armorial ensign; a crest or heraldic emblem; arms.
  7. n. Ensigns of war; colors.
  8. n. A cupboard; an ambry.

Wiktionary

  1. n. US spelling of armoury.

GNU Webster's 1913

  1. n. A place where arms and instruments of war are deposited for safe keeping.
  2. n. Armor; defensive and offensive arms.
  3. n. U.S. A manufactory of arms, as rifles, muskets, pistols, bayonets, swords.
  4. n. Ensigns armorial; armorial bearings.
  5. n. That branch of heraldry which treats of coat armor.

WordNet 3.0

  1. n. a place where arms are manufactured
  2. n. a military structure where arms and ammunition and other military equipment are stored and training is given in the use of arms
  3. n. all the weapons and equipment that a country has
  4. n. a collection of resources

Examples

  • “Red letters on the wall spelled out the word armory, and a line of officers queued for weapons.”

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  • “Interesting irony: the new armory is in the very large, luxurious compound of a deceased drug lord.”

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  • “I find it amusing and ironic that the armory is located on Sinaloa street since Sinaloa is the name of one of the waring drug gangs.”

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  • “As the Army National Guard around the nation evolves into a 21st-century fighting force, units are ditching many of their older buildings - and the name armory - for more modern digs dubbed "readiness centers.”

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  • “As the Army National Guard here and in other states continues to evolve into a 21st-century fighting force, units are ditching many of their older buildings _ and the name armory _ for more modern digs dubbed "readiness centers.”

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  • “As the Army National Guard here and in other states continues to evolve into a 21st-century fighting force, units are ditching many of their older buildings -- and the name armory -- for more modern digs dubbed "readiness centers.”

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  • “They fight a battle with a mage and several guards, they kill the mage but are forced to flee… right into the armory, which is guarded by several giants.”

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  • “Well, here they have to go to the armory, which is about two miles away, and then get onto the metro to bring them here to Freedom Plaza, which is starting to fill up now.”

    CNN Transcript Nov 16, 2007

  • “The one firearm in my armory is a Remington Model 33, bolt-action single shot .22.”

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