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Synonyms for arsenal

Grammar : Noun
Spell : ahr-suh-nl, ahrs-nuh l
Phonetic Transcription : ˈɑr sə nl, ˈɑrs nəl

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Définition of arsenal

Origin :
  • c.1500, "dockyard, dock with naval stores," from Italian arzenale, from Arabic dar as-sina'ah "workshop," literally "house of manufacture," from dar "house" + sina'ah "art, craft, skill," from sana'a "he made."Royal Arsenal, Woolwich, where the original players worked.
  • noun storage of weapons
Example sentences :
  • These they removed, as well as whatever took their fancy at the Arsenal.
  • Extract from : « The Birth of Yugoslavia, Volume 2 » by Henry Baerlein
  • You never, any of you, made a proper use of the Arsenal workmen as we did.
  • Extract from : « The Life of Gordon, Volume I » by Demetrius Charles Boulger
  • Driven from house and home, Henry almost lived at the Arsenal.
  • Extract from : « The Life of John of Barneveld, 1609-15, Volume I. » by John Lothrop Motley
  • At length the car stopped, and they passed into the Arsenal grounds.
  • Extract from : « The Crisis, Complete » by Winston Churchill
  • If I were your age and able to drag myself to the street, I should be at the Arsenal now.
  • Extract from : « The Crisis, Complete » by Winston Churchill
  • Colonel Carvel was off early to the Arsenal in search of tidings.
  • Extract from : « The Crisis, Complete » by Winston Churchill
  • How Lyon chafed, and paced the Arsenal walks while he might have saved the state.
  • Extract from : « The Crisis, Complete » by Winston Churchill
  • We proceeded to the city by the Arsenal, on the British side.
  • Extract from : « Soyer's Culinary Campaign » by Alexis Soyer
  • The wheel department is one of the most interesting sights in the Arsenal.
  • Extract from : « Curiosities of Civilization » by Andrew Wynter
  • On the 18th an attempt was made to seize the Arsenal, which also failed.
  • Extract from : « A short history of Rhode Island » by George Washington Greene

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