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sentries

sentries is the plural of sentry.

Meaning of sentry

Noun

sentry (plural sentries)

  1. A guard, particularly on duty at the entrance to a military base.
    • Additional sentries are keeping watch for any signs of an ambush.2019, Maaza Mengiste, The Shadow King, Canongate Books (2020), page 213
  2. (uncountable) Sentry duty; time spent being a sentry.
  3. A form of drag to be towed underwater, which on striking bottom is upset and rises to the surface.
    Synonyms:
    kite
  4. A watchtower.
  5. An animal like a marmot tasked with alerting the pack to danger.

Questions about sentries

What is sentries the plural of?
Sentries is the plural of sentry.

Words near sentries in the dictionary

  1. senton bomb
  2. senton bombs
  3. sentons
  4. Sentosa
  5. sentried
  6. sentries
  7. sentry
  8. sentry post
  9. sentry posts
  10. sentry-box
  11. sentry-boxes

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