ARMS
Dictionary entry overview: What does arms mean?
• ARMS (noun)
The noun ARMS has 2 senses:
1. weapons considered collectively
2. the official symbols of a family, state, etc.
Familiarity information: ARMS used as a noun is rare.
Dictionary entry details
• ARMS (noun)
Meaning:
Weapons considered collectively
Classified under:
Nouns denoting man-made objects
Synonyms:
arms; implements of war; munition; weaponry; weapons system
Hypernyms ("arms" is a kind of...):
instrumentality; instrumentation (an artifact (or system of artifacts) that is instrumental in accomplishing some end)
Meronyms (parts of "arms"):
arm; weapon; weapon system (any instrument or instrumentality used in fighting or hunting)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "arms"):
ammo; ammunition (projectiles to be fired from a gun)
armament (weaponry used by military or naval force)
bomb (an explosive device fused to explode under specific conditions)
defence system; defense system (the weaponry available for the defense of a region)
gunnery (guns collectively)
hardware (major items of military weaponry (as tanks or missile))
naval weaponry (weaponry for warships)
Meaning:
The official symbols of a family, state, etc.
Classified under:
Nouns denoting man-made objects
Synonyms:
blazon; blazonry; coat of arms; arms
Hypernyms ("arms" is a kind of...):
heraldry (emblem indicating the right of a person to bear arms)
Meronyms (parts of "arms"):
crest ((heraldry) in medieval times, an emblem used to decorate a helmet)
Domain category:
heraldry (the study and classification of armorial bearings and the tracing of genealogies)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "arms"):
quartering (a coat of arms that occupies one quarter of an escutcheon; combining four coats of arms on one shield usually represented intermarriages)
