[ahr-suh-nl, ahrs-nuh
l] 
| 1. | a place of storage or a magazine containing arms and military equipment for land or naval service. |
| 2. | a government establishment where military equipment or munitions are manufactured. |
| 3. | a collection or supply of weapons or munitions. |
| 4. | a collection or supply of anything; store: He came to the meeting with an impressive arsenal of new research data. |
| ar·se·nal (är'sə-nəl) n.
[Italian arsenale, from obsolete arzanale, darsena, from Arabic aṣ ṣinā'a, manufacture, industry, and dār-aṣ-ṣinā'a, place of manufacture : dār, house (from dāra, to turn, revolve; see dwr in Semitic roots) + al-, the + ṣinā'a, manufacture (from ṣana'a, to make; see ṣnʕ in Semitic roots).] |
