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armory

UK/ˈɑːməɹi/US/ˈɑɹməɹi/
nounB2+Common in everyday speech and writing · #6,118 of 15,258neutral

Other forms: armories

An armory is a place where weapons are made or kept. The state armory, raid the armory, an armory building.

It is the American spelling; Britain writes armoury. In America it also means the drill hall and headquarters of a National Guard unit, and many of those buildings are enormous castle-like structures in city centres, now often used for something else.

Definitions of armory

  1. 1nounarmoryA place where weapons are made or kept.B2+

    “The soldiers collected their rifles from the armory before the night patrol.”

armory is a building.

Also accepted in games: armoury

Where it comes from

  1. Anglo-Norman

    armurrie

  2. Middle English

    armerie

  3. English

    armoury

  4. English, today

    armory

Built from

  • armure · Old French — arms, armor
  • -ie · Old French — -y

armoury comes from Middle English armerie, armurie, armorye, from Anglo-Norman armurrie, from armure (“arms, armor”) + -ie (“-y”). by surface analysis, armour + -y.

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA

Practise this word

armory in the wild

  • Armory is a mixed armory and 10,000-seat arena in Washington, D.C.

    D.C. Armory

  • Managed by the Events DC, the Armory opened in 1941, as the headquarters, armory, and training facility for the District of Columbia National Guard.

    D.C. Armory

  • The Minneapolis Armory is a historic event center and former National Guard armory located in downtown Minneapolis, Minnesota, United States.

    Minneapolis Armory

  • In addition to its military use, the armory hosted sporting events, political conventions, and music concerts.

    Minneapolis Armory

  • The 69th Regiment Armory is a historic armory for the U.S.

    69th Regiment Armory

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From Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0. These sentences were written by other people about their own subjects; they are here to show the word at work, not as anybody’s opinion.