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# arsenal

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

«arsenal» in the English dictionary: everyday — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

1. An arsenal is a big collection of weapons, or a building where weapons are made or stored. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/arsenal/#m1)
2. An arsenal can mean any big set of tools, tricks or ideas: «an arsenal of jokes». [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/arsenal/#m2)
3. Arsenal is a famous football club in north London, England. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/arsenal/#m3)

### 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 →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/arsenal/#x1)
- Some countries have large nuclear arsenals. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/arsenal/#x2)
- My brother is a huge Arsenal fan. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/arsenal/#x3)
- The chess player had an arsenal of clever moves. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/arsenal/#x4)
- The teacher has an arsenal of fun maths games. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/arsenal/#x5)
- Arsenal won the match two goals to nil. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/arsenal/#x6)

### 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.

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «arsenal» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/arsenal/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«arsenal» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/arsenal.html) on Mova free.