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armor
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As a noun, armor means a protective layer over a body, vehicle, or other object intended to deflect or diffuse damaging forces. As a verb, it means equip something with armor or a protective coating or hardening.
Meanings of armor
10 meaningsnoun
A protective layer over a body, vehicle, or other object intended to deflect or diffuse damaging forces.
A natural form of this kind of protection on an animal's body.
Metal plate, protecting a ship, military vehicle, or aircraft.
A tank, or other heavy mobile assault vehicle.
militaryA military formation consisting primarily of tanks or other armoured fighting vehicles, collectively.
hydrologyThe naturally occurring surface of pebbles, rocks or boulders that line the bed of a waterway or beach and provide protection against erosion.
Protective covering made of metal and used in combat
Similar: armourTough more-or-less rigid protective covering of an animal or plantanimal
Similar: armour
verb
To equip something with armor or a protective coating or hardening.
To provide something with an analogous form of protection.
Meanings from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0) and Open English WordNet (CC BY 4.0).