ARMOR
What does "ARMOR" mean?
A protective covering, especially metal worn in battle or plating on a vehicle.
Meanings
- Defensive metal or plating worn by a person or fitted to a vehicle for protection. The knight's armor weighed nearly as much as the boy who polished it.
- A protective outer layer on an animal, such as a shell or hardened plates. The armadillo's bony armor lets it roll into a near-perfect ball.
- Anything that serves as emotional or psychological protection. Sarcasm was the only armor he ever learned to wear. figurative
- To equip or cover with protective plating. Engineers armored the cable against rodents and frost.
Word origin
From Old French 'armeure' from Latin 'armatura' ('armor, equipment'), from 'arma' ('weapons, tools'). The British spelling is 'armour'.
Remember it
ARMOR guards your ARM and more - the word literally starts by covering your arm.
A little poem
Steel keeps the blade out
but also keeps the warm hand-
every shield costs touch.
haiku
What it teaches
What keeps the world from hurting you also keeps it from reaching you; wear armor, do not become it.
Quick facts
What does ARMOR mean?
A protective covering, especially metal worn in battle or plating on a vehicle.
Is ARMOR a valid word?
Yes — ARMOR is one of the answer words in Wordul, the daily word game.
How many letters is ARMOR?
ARMOR has 5 letters and 2 syllables.
Where does ARMOR come from?
From Old French 'armeure' from Latin 'armatura' ('armor, equipment'), from 'arma' ('weapons, tools'). The British spelling is 'armour'.
What can ARMOR teach us?
What keeps the world from hurting you also keeps it from reaching you; wear armor, do not become it.
How players do
Be the first to solve it.