armor
Meanings
Plural: armors
Noun
- protective covering made of metal and used in combat
- a military unit consisting of armored fighting vehicles
- tough more-or-less rigid protective covering of an animal or plant
- A protective layer over a body, vehicle, or other object intended to deflect or diffuse damaging forces.
- A natural form of this kind of protection on an animal's body.
- A metal plate, protecting a ship, military vehicle, or aircraft.
- A tank, or other heavy mobile assault vehicle.
- A military formation consisting primarily of tanks or other armoured fighting vehicles, collectively.
- The naturally occurring surface of pebbles, rocks or boulders that line the bed of a waterway or beach and provide protection against erosion.
Verb
- equip with armor
- To equip something with armor or a protective coating or hardening.
- To provide something with an analogous form of protection.
Origin / 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).
Synonyms
armor plate, armour, armour plate, body armor, body armour, carapace, cavalry, chain mail, chitin, horn, mail, mechanized, plate, suit of armor, suit of armour
Scrabble Score: 7
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