body armor
31
4.1
- noun
- /ˈbɑdi ˈɑrmər/
- Specialized
:
chaleco antibalas
- In their black body armor and night vision goggles, they look like invaders from hell.
- helmets and body armor
Still with No no body armor, no helmets.
- Still with No no body armor, no helmets.
- And so we'd sent body armor or helmets or something like that.
- You know, he's wearing body armor under his his jacket or his coat.
- So we were wearing thin body armor.
- It's supposed to be comfortable, durable, washable, and not interfere with over body armour or excess suits that might be layered on top of it.
- Full body armour, in other words, full body armour so that they would not be able to take a shot from the front.
- I was trying to lay down fire when both machine guns turned on me and I was stitched across the body armor.
Examples
-
Some went into battle wearing full body armor while others fought shirtless.
-
Two security men in body armor frisked Javier and the others before escorting them inside.
Fiction book (1996) -
So I got shot across the body armor and and took the round in the arm.
-
David, no, listen to me, they got body armor.
-
I see why this lot need to wear body armour.
-
You can make body armor out of that shell.
-
Everyone, strap on body armor, and tell the captain let's get going.
-
With the introduction of improved personal body armor, soldiers are now surviving attacks that would have been fatal in past wars.
Academic text (2012) -
KGB snipers usually wear body armour.
-
The soldiers wore body armor to protect themselves during the battle.
Synonyms
358
3.0
A strong metal covering worn in battle to protect the body
26
3.5
A strong sleeveless jacket that stops bullets and protects the body
8
7.2
A full set of metal plates that cover the body and protect it in battle, often worn by knights
1
3.9
Clothing that keeps your body safe from injury or dangerous chemicals
1
9.9
A piece of clothing with small metal rings linked together that protects the body in battle
A suit of metal plates worn by knights for protection in battle
A complete suit of metal plates that covers the body and protects a knight in battle
Antonyms
How Protective
- Specialized
1
4.2
- US
8
7.2
26
3.5
- Specialized
31
4.1
1
3.9
25
2.7
Surface Forms
Morphology
The meaning 'protective clothing for the body' is directly derivable from combining 'body' (physical structure) with 'armor' (protective covering), following a straightforward noun–noun compositional pattern where the second noun denotes the item and the first specifies its target. This construction is cross-linguistically common and therefore a B1 learner who knows both constituents would readily infer the MWE's meaning.
Etymology
Body armor comes from the clear picture of metal plates or thick leather worn over a person's body to stop swords and arrows. That's why today body armor means protective clothing that 'protects' the wearer from weapons or physical attacks.