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GUARDROOM

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does guardroom mean? 

GUARDROOM (noun)
  The noun GUARDROOM has 2 senses:

1. a cell in which soldiers who are prisoners are confinedplay

2. a room used by soldiers on guardplay

  Familiarity information: GUARDROOM used as a noun is rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


GUARDROOM (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

A cell in which soldiers who are prisoners are confined

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Hypernyms ("guardroom" is a kind of...):

cell; jail cell; prison cell (a room where a prisoner is kept)


Sense 2

Meaning:

A room used by soldiers on guard

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Hypernyms ("guardroom" is a kind of...):

room (an area within a building enclosed by walls and floor and ceiling)


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