armor
IPA: ˈɑrmɝ
noun
- (uncountable) A protective layer over a body, vehicle, or other object intended to deflect or diffuse damaging forces.
- (uncountable) A natural form of this kind of protection on an animal's body.
- (uncountable) Metal plate, protecting a ship, military vehicle, or aircraft.
- (countable) A tank, or other heavy mobile assault vehicle.
- (military, uncountable) A military formation consisting primarily of tanks or other armoured fighting vehicles, collectively.
- (hydrology, uncountable) The naturally occurring surface of pebbles, rocks or boulders that line the bed of a waterway or beach and provide protection against erosion.
- A surname.
verb
- (transitive) To equip something with armor or a protective coating or hardening.
- (transitive) To provide something with an analogous form of protection.
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Examples of "armor" in Sentences
- The knight in black armor was riding a horse.
- It was the reason for the armor and the hood.
- At the end of the dungeon, there is an invincible armor.
- The body armor of the Combine soldier hides the chest and mouth.
- Muscle forms the metal that makes the armor, brawn makes the soldier.
- The armored lead horse was dedicated to the schoolchildren of Holyoke.
- The armor ranged from on the armored citadel, and between on the deck.
- Based on the testing, quilted armor was less effective than laminated armor.
- This soldier represented the last gasp of full plate armor on the battlefield.
- The soldiers try to desecrate the body and discover it is only a suit of armor.
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