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Mail armor continued in general use till about the year 1300, when it was gradually supplanted by plate armor, or suits consisting of pieces or plates of solid iron, adapted to the different parts of the body.
Thomas Bulfinch

Meaning of "armor" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF ARMOR

armor  [ˈɑːmə] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF ARMOR

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Armor is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES ARMOR MEAN IN ENGLISH?

armor

Armour

Armour or armor is a protective covering that is used to prevent damage from being inflicted to an object, individual, or vehicle by direct contact weapons or projectiles, usually during combat, or from damage caused by a potentially dangerous environment or action. Personal armour is used to protect soldiers and war animals such as war horses. Vehicle armour is used on warships and armoured fighting vehicles.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH ARMOR


armour
ˈɑːmə
cama
ˈkɑːmə
dharma
ˈdɑːmə
drama
ˈdrɑːmə
farmer
ˈfɑːmə
Gama
ˈɡɑːmə
grama
ˈɡrɑːmə
jicama
dʒɪˈkɑːmə
karma
ˈkɑːmə
lama
ˈlɑːmə
llama
ˈlɑːmə
mamma
ˈmɑːmə
Nama
ˈnɑːmə
Obama
əʊˈbɑːmə
palmer
ˈpɑːmə
panorama
ˌpænəˈrɑːmə
pharma
ˈfɑːmə
Rama
ˈrɑːmə
Samar
ˈsɑːmə
Yokohama
ˌjəʊkəʊˈhɑːmə

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE ARMOR

armoire
armonica
armored
armorer
armorial
armorially
Armorica
Armorican
armories
armorist
armorless
armory
armour
armour plate
armour-bearer
armour-clad
armour-piercing
armour-plated
armour-plating
armoured

WORDS THAT END LIKE ARMOR

antiarmor
antitumor
black humor
confirmor
cremor
earth tremor
East Timor
enamor
Fermor
glamor
humor
Leigh Fermor
mor
omnia vincit amor
Portuguese Timor
rumor
Tadmor
termor
Timor
tremor

Synonyms and antonyms of armor in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «armor» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF ARMOR

Find out the translation of armor to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of armor from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «armor» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

铠甲
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

armadura
570 millions of speakers

English

armor
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

कवच
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

دروع
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

броня
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

armadura
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

বর্ম
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

armure
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Perisai
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Rüstung
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

갑옷
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Waja
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

áo giáp
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

கவசம்
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

चिलखत
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

zırh
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

armatura
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

zbroja
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

броня
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

armura
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

πανοπλία
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

wapens
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

rustning
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

rustning
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of armor

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «ARMOR»

The term «armor» is very widely used and occupies the 9.302 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «ARMOR» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «armor» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «armor» appears in digitalised printed sources in English between the year 1500 and the present day.

Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about armor

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10 QUOTES WITH «ARMOR»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word armor.
1
Lucy Alibar
My grandmother had six kids - one died as an infant - and she was dirt-poor, and all her kids got an education. And my mom grew up poor. And they both worked so hard and cultivated so much of their own happiness. I wanted to have that like an amulet. Not like armor, but like a magic feather. Like Dumbo's magic feather.
2
Arrian
They, astounded at the flash of the armor, and the swiftness of the charge, and attacked by showers of arrows and missiles, half naked as they were, never stopped to resist but gave way.
3
Francis Bacon
Fortitude is the marshal of thought, the armor of the will, and the fort of reason.
4
William Jennings Bryan
The humblest citizen of all the land, when clad in the armor of a righteous cause, is stronger than all the hosts of error.
5
William Jennings Bryan
This is not a contest between persons. The humblest citizen in all the land, when clad in the armor of a righteous cause, is stronger than all the hosts of error. I come to you in defense of a cause as holy as the cause of liberty - the cause of humanity.
6
Thomas Bulfinch
Mail armor continued in general use till about the year 1300, when it was gradually supplanted by plate armor, or suits consisting of pieces or plates of solid iron, adapted to the different parts of the body.
7
Robert Burns
Suspicion is a heavy armor and with its weight it impedes more than it protects.
8
Adelaide Clemens
In a photo shoot, you have to be very comfortable in your own skin. It's all about confidence-boosting and putting on armor.
9
Jim Croce
I'm no missionary, and I can't wear any armor, either. I just gotta be the way I am.
10
Peter Dinklage
Any swagger is just defense. When you're reminded so much of who you are by people - not a fame thing, but with my size, constantly, growing up - you just either curl up in a corner in the dark or you wear it proudly, like armor or something. You can turn it on its head and use it yourself before anybody else gets a chance.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «ARMOR»

Discover the use of armor in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to armor and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
Armor
A best-selling novel of military science fiction follows the battle of a one-man, atomic-powered, armored fighting machine on the alien planet of Banshee, home to a horde of berserk enemies of humanity. Reissue.
John Steakley, 1984
2
A Knight in Shining Armor
Abandoned by her lover after a quarrel, Dougless Montgomery is stranded in rural England, but with the sudden appearance of Nicholas Stafford, Earl of Thornwyck--who died centuries ago--a passionate affair begins.
Jude Deveraux, 2012
3
Your Knight in Shining Armor: Discovering Your Lifelong Love
Principles taught include-- emotionally healthy women attract emotionally healthy men dating someone in hopes he'll change later is asking for trouble a potential knight's past reveals how he'll act in the future Practical and realistic, ...
P. B. Wilson, 2006
4
Putting on the Armor of God: How to Win Your Battles with Satan
Putting on the Armor of God discusses these and many more adversarial whisperings, their origins, effects and defenses.
Steven A. Cramer, 2011
5
A Night Without Armor
Now available in paperback, A Night without Armor highlights the poetry of Jewel taken from her journals which are both intimate and inspiring, to be embraced and enjoyed.
Jewel, 2010
6
On Armor
The second is a history of ideas. The problem that armoured vehicles created for 20th-century armies was as much about concepts of operation as it was about technology. The third story is one of organization.
Bruce I. Gudmundsson, 2004
7
The Knight in the Rusty Armor
While searching for a way to remove the armor that has become stuck on him, a knight finally discovers the true qualities of knighthood.
Robert Fisher, 1990
8
Armor
An illustrated history of armor discussing its varied designs and uses.
Christopher Chant, 1989
9
Advances in Ceramic Armor IV: Ceramic Engineering and ...
This volume provides a one-stop resource, compiling current research on ceramic armor and addressing the challenges facing armor manufacturers.
Lisa Prokurat Franks, 2009
10
Breaking the Glass Armor: Neoformalist Film Analysis
The book's overall purpose, however, goes beyond making these particular films more accessible and intriguing to propose new ways of looking at cinema as a whole.
Kristin Thompson, 1988

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «ARMOR»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term armor is used in the context of the following news items.
1
Police seize guns, drugs, cash, body armor in west Louisville after …
Officers got a warrant to search the residence and found two handguns, a large amount of marijuana packaged for sale, cash, body armor, ... «WDRB, Jul 15»
2
More K-9s in South Jersey receiving body armor
More K-9s in South Jersey will be protected with the addition of new body armor, the Press of Atlantic City reports. After a police dog in Egg ... «PhillyVoice.com, Jul 15»
3
Halo 5: Guardians Will Include Fenrir, Argonaut, and Security Mjolnir …
The most recent lore-focused update on the Halo Waypoint site does talk about some of the new armor variants for the new GEN 2 Mjolnir that ... «Softpedia News, Jul 15»
4
Fake Armor Car Driver Walks Out with $75K from Bristow Wal Mart
BRISTOW, Okla. (AP) — Oklahoma and federal authorities are searching for a man who they saw walked off with more than $75,000 after ... «Public Radio Tulsa, Jul 15»
5
'Batman V Superman' Spoilers: The Dark Knight Will Use Kryptonite …
For his climactic rooftop brawl with Superman, Batman outfits himself with a reinforced mech-suit equipped with strength-augmenting armor and ... «Design & Trend, Jul 15»
6
More K-9s get body armor in South Jersey
Pleasantville K-9 'Ciko' looks to his partner officer Brandon Stocks after sniffing out drugs during a training exercise at the Pleasantville PD ... «Press of Atlantic City, Jul 15»
7
Snapshot: 'Armor' by Claudia Fährenkemper
Since 2010, the German photographer Claudia Fährenkemper has been capturing the unsettling stillness of suits of armour in a series of black ... «Financial Times, Jul 15»
8
Green Beret Nate Boyer Trades Body Armor for Football Pads
Nate Boyer can probably do whatever he wants. He's one of those guys for whom no challenge is too great, no obstacle too difficult, and no ... «Men's Journal, Jul 15»
9
Alabama's stormtroopers: '501st Legion' members armor up for charity
The two founders made the important discovery that, where one fan in a suit at a theater gets asked if he's ever had a date, two fans in armor ... «AL.com, Jul 15»
10
Asus Unveils Armor Protected Strix GTX 980 Ti Graphics Card
I have to admit, even though I'm rocking a pair of very capable GeForce GTX 780 Ti graphics cards, some of the fancy GeForce GTX 980 Ti ... «Maximum PC, Jul 15»

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