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armor
[ ahr-mer ]
noun
- any covering worn as a defense against weapons.
- a suit of armor.
- a metallic sheathing or protective covering, especially metal plates, used on warships, armored vehicles, airplanes, and fortifications.
- mechanized units of military forces, as armored divisions.
- Also called armament. any protective covering, as on certain animals, insects, or plants.
- any quality, characteristic, situation, or thing that serves as protection:
A chilling courtesy was his only armor.
- the outer, protective wrapping of metal, usually fine, braided steel wires, on a cable.
verb (used with object)
- to cover or equip with armor or armor plate.
armor
/ ˈɑːmə /
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- armor·less adjective
- anti·armor adjective
- sub·armor noun
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Word History and Origins
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Idioms and Phrases
see chink in one's armor ; knight in shining armor .Discover More
Example Sentences
Another member of the plot took care of the ammo along with black uniforms, night-vision equipment, and body armor.
Unlike all the trailers and screen shots for the movie, in the Bible Moses never holds a sword or wears armor.
And he would especially like American FGM-148 Javelins, man-portable anti-tank missiles to hit at Russian armor.
My finger burned when it touched the blossom of lead embedded in the ceramic armor.
This would seem reasonable, since in that direction lay the only territory open enough for swift attack by armor.
The governor made a strong thrust at him, which almost knocked him down; but showed that he was clad in armor.
What the armor-bearer was for the warlike races of old, such is the tchbukdi for their degenerate descendants.
Absurd as that taffeta dress was for a child of her age, it seemed to her an armor against all disaster.
Edward, prince of Wales (called the black prince from the color of his armor), died, aged 46.
Of course, I couldn't get these people to leave off their armor; they wouldn't do that when they bathed.
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Definitions and idiom definitions from Dictionary.com Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2023
Idioms from The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.
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