Armor

Noun

 * 1)  A protective layer over a body, vehicle, or other object intended to deflect or diffuse damaging forces.
 * 2)  A natural form of this kind of protection on an animal's body.
 * 3)  Metal plate, protecting a ship, military vehicle, or aircraft.
 * 4)  A tank, or other heavy mobile assault vehicle.
 * 5)  A military formation consisting primarily of tanks or other armoured fighting vehicles,  collectively.

Verb

 * 1)  To equip something with armor or a protective coating or hardening.
 * 2)  To provide something with an analogous form of protection.

Adjectives for Armor
customary; shining; sun-bright; noticeable; virginal; magic; mortal;radiant; incongruous; elaborate; tough; chain; safest; steel-plated; jointless; impenetrable; protective; defensive; invisible;golden; horny; inviolate; spiritual; battered;granite; celestial.

Verbs for Armor
collect—; cover with—; defend in—; design—; discard—; buckle on—; burden with—; burnish—;clad in—; clothe in—; employ—; enclose in—; furnish—; harness in—; pad—; pierce—; plate with—; scar—;scour—; sheathe in—; stain—; strip off—;swagger in—; —clashes; —gives way; — hampers; —jingles; —protects; —resists;—shields.

Synonyms for Armor

 * body armour, body armor, mail, chain mail, plate, suit of armour, suit of armor
 * horn, carapace, chitin
 * armour plate, armor plate
 * mechanized, cavalry

Derived terms

 * appliqué armour
 * composite armour
 * armour-plated
 * armour plating
 * armoury


 * spaced armour
 * stand-off armour
 * suit of armour
 * reactive armour
 * explosive reactive armour

Related terms

 * arm
 * arms


 * armament
 * armaments

Thesaurus
armature; armor plate; bard; beaver; body armor; brassard; breastplate; buckler; bulletproof vest; callosity; callousness; callus; chain armor; chain mail; chitin; cloak; coat of mail; coif; corselet; cortex; cover; cuirass; elytron; episperm; flintiness; formidable defenses; gas mask; gauntlet; guard; habergeon; hard heart; hard shell; hardenedness; hardheartedness; hardness; hardness of heart; harness; hauberk; headpiece; heart of stone; helm; helmet; imperviousness; induration; insensitiveness; insensitivity; inuredness; jamb; lorica; lorication; mail; mantle; nasal; needles; obduracy; obdurateness; panoply; pericarp; plate; plate armor; protection; protective covering; rhinoceros hide; rondel; safeguard; screen; scute; scutum; security; shell; shelter; shield; shroud; spines; stoniness; suit of armor; test; testa; thick skin; veil; visor; ward

Alternative forms

 * armour

Etymology
From armour:, from  armure:, from  armure:, from  armatura:.