arsenal

«arsenal» in Mova's school dictionary: a big collection of weapons, or a building where weapons… — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

part of speech

noun (an arsenal, arsenals); proper noun (Arsenal)

meaning for a pupil

1) An arsenal is a big collection of weapons, or a building where weapons are made or stored. tree →

2) An arsenal can mean any big set of tools, tricks or ideas: «an arsenal of jokes». tree →

3) Arsenal is a famous football club in north London, England. tree →

sense in the lessons

In history lessons, arsenals stored guns and gunpowder for armies; in news, countries have «nuclear arsenals». In everyday UK talk, «Arsenal» usually means the football club, nicknamed «the Gunners». In sports and games, a player can have «an arsenal of skills». Phrases: «nuclear arsenal», «an arsenal of», «Arsenal fan».

examples

• The army kept its cannons in the arsenal. tree →
• Some countries have large nuclear arsenals. tree →
• My brother is a huge Arsenal fan. tree →
• The chess player had an arsenal of clever moves. tree →
• The teacher has an arsenal of fun maths games. tree →
• Arsenal won the match two goals to nil. tree →

note

Countable; capital A for the football club. The club name was taken from the Royal Arsenal, a weapons factory in London. «Arsenal» is not related to «arsenic» (a poison), though they look alike.

Trees and pragmatics

Every meaning and example of «arsenal» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.