arsenal

Definitions


[ˈɑːsən(ə)l], (Noun)

Definitions:
- a collection of weapons and military equipment
(e.g: Britain's nuclear arsenal)


Phrases:

Origin:
early 16th century (denoting a dock for the construction and repair of ships): from French, or from obsolete Italian arzanale, based on Arabic dār-aṣ-ṣinā‘a, from dār ‘house’ + al- ‘(of) the’ + sinā‘a ‘art, industry’




definition by Oxford Dictionaries