armor
A protective layer over a body, vehicle, or other object intended to deflect or diffuse damaging forces.
Other meanings
A natural form of this kind of protection on an animal's body.
A metal plate, protecting a ship, military vehicle, or aircraft.
A kind of
- protective covering
Kinds of armor
- body armor
- shield
Related words
- passive armor
- antiarmor
- armorbearer
- armored combat
- scale armor
- armorial
- armorist
- armorless
- armorlike
- armorplast
- armorsmith
- dearmor
Example sentences
Word history
From Latin "armātūra".
Where this comes from
This definition is adapted from “armor” on Wiktionary, by its contributors; example sentences are from Tatoeba, credited to their authors above; related-word lists use Open English WordNet (CC BY 4.0, based on Princeton WordNet), published under CC BY-SA 4.0. This page is published under the same licence.