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guardroom

US/ˈɡɑɹdˌɹum/

guardroom noun: a room used by soldiers when on guard.

Noun

guardroom (plural guardrooms)

  1. A room used by soldiers when on guard.
    • There were flambeaux on staggering poles every ten strides or so, and at intervals of about a hundred strides, bartizans whose guardroom windows glared like fireworks clung to the bridge piers.1980, Gene Wolfe, chapter XIV, in The Shadow of the Torturer (The Book of the New Sun; 1), New York: Simon & Schuster, →ISBN, pages 131–132
  2. A jail cell in which military prisoners are kept.

Forms of guardroom

pluralguardrooms

Origin of guardroom

From guard + room.

Questions about guardroom

What does guardroom mean?
Guardroom means a room used by soldiers when on guard.
What part of speech is guardroom?
Guardroom is a noun.
How do you pronounce guardroom?
Guardroom is pronounced /ˈɡɑɹdˌɹum/ (US).
What is the plural of guardroom?
The plural of guardroom is guardrooms.

Words near guardroom in the dictionary

  1. guardpost
  2. guardposts
  3. guardrail
  4. guardrailed
  5. guardrails
  6. guardroom
  7. guardrooms
  8. guards
  9. guards against
  10. guards of honor
  11. guards of honour

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