Armor
//ˈɑː.mə// name, noun, verb
name, noun, verb ·Common ·High school level
Definitions
Noun
- 1 A protective layer over a body, vehicle, or other object intended to deflect or diffuse damaging forces. US, uncountable
"a suit of armor"
- 2 tough more-or-less rigid protective covering of an animal or plant wordnet
- 3 A natural form of this kind of protection on an animal's body. US, uncountable
- 4 protective covering made of metal and used in combat wordnet
- 5 A metal plate, protecting a ship, military vehicle, or aircraft. US, uncountable
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- 6 a military unit consisting of armored fighting vehicles wordnet
- 7 A tank, or other heavy mobile assault vehicle. US, countable
- 8 A military formation consisting primarily of tanks or other armoured fighting vehicles, collectively. US, uncountable
"Good work, Chief. Link up with our armor on the far side of the wall."
- 9 The naturally occurring surface of pebbles, rocks or boulders that line the bed of a waterway or beach and provide protection against erosion. US, uncountable
Verb
- 1 To equip something with armor or a protective coating or hardening. US, transitive
- 2 equip with armor wordnet
- 3 To provide something with an analogous form of protection. US, transitive
Proper Noun
- 1 A surname.
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More examples"He who wears armor falls with a big crash!"
Etymology
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).
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