English Explanatory Dictionary

armor

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A protective layer over a body, vehicle, or other object intended to deflect or diffuse damaging forces.
  2. A natural form of this kind of protection on an animal's body.
  3. A metal plate, protecting a ship, military vehicle, or aircraft.
  4. A tank, or other heavy mobile assault vehicle.
  5. A military formation consisting primarily of tanks or other armoured fighting vehicles, collectively.
  6. The naturally occurring surface of pebbles, rocks or boulders that line the bed of a waterway or beach and provide protection against erosion.
verb
  1. To equip something with armor or a protective coating or hardening.
  2. To provide something with an analogous form of protection.
name
  1. A surname.

Pronunciation

/ˈɑː.mə/ /ˈɑːɹ.mɚ/ en-us-armor.ogg En-us-armour.ogg

Word forms

armor armors armour armoring armored

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₂er-der. Proto-Indo-European *h₂(e)rmosder. Latin arma Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂yéti Proto-Italic *-āō Latin -ō Latin armō Proto-Indo-European *-tew-? Proto-Indo-European *-r-eh₂? Latin -tūra Latin armātūra Old French armeure Anglo-Norman armurebor. Middle English armure English armor From Middle English armure, armour, armor, armeure, borrowed from Anglo-Norman armure and Old French armeüre, from Latin armātūra. Doublet of armature and armure. By surface analysis, arm (“to cover or furnish”) + -or (suffix forming agent nouns or nouns of quality, state, or condition).

Synonyms

mechanized cavalry carapace chitin horn armor plate armour plate body armour body armor mail chain mail plate suit of armour suit of armor

Related words

arm armament armaments arms armure

Derived words

antiarmor appliqué armour armorbearer armor-bearer armored combat armorial armorist armorless armorlike armor-piercing armor-piercing shot armorplast armor-plated armorsmith armour-piercing armour-plated armour plating armoury chink in the armor combat armor suit composite armour dearmor enarmor explosive reactive armour horse armor knight in shining armor mirror armor plate armor plot armor reactive armor reactive armour rock armour scale armor spaced armour stand-off armour suit of armour
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