plural armories
1
a
: a supply of arms for defense or attack
b
: a collection of available resources
2
: a place where arms and military equipment are stored
especially
: one used for training reserve military personnel
3
: a place where arms are manufactured
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An armory has traditionally been a military storage compound where machine guns, rifles, pistols, ammunition, parts, and accessories are kept. In the U.S., National Guard and Reserve units often use armories as training headquarters in peacetime. Ever since George Washington established the country's first armory in Springfield in 1777, arsenals and armories of the Army Ordnance Corps have had a remarkable history of arms manufacture.
Examples of armory in a Sentence
the site of a 19th-century armory
the soldier was sent to the armory to get a replacement weapon for the one that had been stolen
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There, like a knight in a castle armory, you will be agog at the choices.
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Air Mail, 9 May 2026
Where Vuong grew up in New England, the idea of the future was narrowed into very few paths forward, mainly joining the military, being an employee at the Samuel Colt armory, or working at a nail salon.
—Sarah Moroz, Literary Hub, 7 May 2026
In 1995, Army veteran Shawn Nelson took a 57-ton M-60 tank from a California National Guard armory and terrorized San Diego for 23 minutes, barreling down residential streets, smashing into cars, street lights and fire hydrants on a miles-long path of destruction.
—ABC News, 4 May 2026
The Islamic Republic of Iran took the lives of two men convicted of trying to storm a military facility and access an armory in January, the Mizan news outlet of Iran's judiciary indicated on Sunday, according to Reuters.
—Alex Nitzberg, FOXNews.com, 6 Apr. 2026
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Air Mail, 9 May 2026
Where Vuong grew up in New England, the idea of the future was narrowed into very few paths forward, mainly joining the military, being an employee at the Samuel Colt armory, or working at a nail salon.
—Sarah Moroz, Literary Hub, 7 May 2026
In 1995, Army veteran Shawn Nelson took a 57-ton M-60 tank from a California National Guard armory and terrorized San Diego for 23 minutes, barreling down residential streets, smashing into cars, street lights and fire hydrants on a miles-long path of destruction.
—ABC News, 4 May 2026
The Islamic Republic of Iran took the lives of two men convicted of trying to storm a military facility and access an armory in January, the Mizan news outlet of Iran's judiciary indicated on Sunday, according to Reuters.
—Alex Nitzberg, FOXNews.com, 6 Apr. 2026
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“Armory.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/armory. Accessed 20 May. 2026.
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armory
noun
ar·mory
ˈärm-(ə-)rē 
plural armories
1
: a supply of weapons
2
: a place where arms are kept and where soldiers are often trained
3
: a place where arms are made
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