'Weapon' definitions:
Definition of 'weapon'
From: WordNet
noun
Any instrument or instrumentality used in fighting or hunting; "he was licensed to carry a weapon" [syn: weapon, arm, weapon system]
noun
A means of persuading or arguing; "he used all his conversational weapons" [syn: weapon, artillery]
Definition of 'Weapon'
From: GCIDE
- Weapon \Weap"on\ (w[e^]p"[u^]n; 277), n. [OE. wepen, AS. w[=ae]pen; akin to OS. w[=a]pan, OFries. w[=e]pin, w[=e]pen, D. wapen, G. waffe, OHG. waffan, w[=a]fan, Icel. v[=a]pn, Dan. vaaben, Sw. vapen, Goth. w[=e]pna, pl.; of uncertain origin. Cf. Wapentake.] [1913 Webster]
- 1. An instrument of offensive of defensive combat; something to fight with; anything used, or designed to be used, in destroying, defeating, or injuring an enemy, as a gun, a sword, etc. [1913 Webster]
- The weapons of our warfare are not carnal. --2 Cor. x. 4. [1913 Webster]
- They, astonished, all resistance lost, All courage; down their idle weapons dropped. --Milton. [1913 Webster]
- 2. Fig.: The means or instrument with which one contends against another; as, argument was his only weapon. "Woman's weapons, water drops." --Shak. [1913 Webster]
- 3. (Bot.) A thorn, prickle, or sting with which many plants are furnished. [1913 Webster]
- Concealed weapons. See under Concealed.
- Weapon salve, a salve which was supposed to cure a wound by being applied to the weapon that made it. [Obs.] --Boyle. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'weapon'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- A-weapons,
- armament,
- arms,
- biological weapons,
- conventional weapons,
- cutting edge,
- deadly weapons,
- edge,
- edge tool,
- featheredge,
- instruments of destruction,
- knife-edge,
- missilery,
- munitions,
- musketry,
- nuclear weapons,
- ordnance,
- razor-edge,
- side arms,
- small arms,
- thermonuclear weapons,
- weaponry,
- weapons
Words containing 'Weapon'
- Weaponed,
- weaponize,
- Concealed weapons,
- Nuclear weapon,
- Weapon salve,
- atomic weapon,
- automatic weapon,
- biological weapon,
- chemical weapon,
- fission weapon,
- fusion weapon,
- heavy weapon,
- weapon system,
- weapons carrier,
- weapons emplacement,
- weapons platform,
- weapons plutonium,
- weapons system,
- chemical weapons convention,
- weapon of mass destruction,
- weapons-grade,
- organization for the prohibition of chemical weapons,
- special weapons and tactics squad,
- special weapons and tactics team,
- weapon-grade plutonium,
- naval air warfare center weapons division