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ward-room

ward-room is the alternative form of wardroom.

Meaning of wardroom

Noun

wardroom (plural wardrooms)

  1. The living quarters of a ship designated for the commissioned officers other than the captain.
    • There were only about a dozen officers in the great wardroom, six of them in the khaki gabardine working uniform of the U.S. Navy.1957, Neville Shute, chapter 1, in On the Beach, New York: William Morrow & Co
  2. The commissioned officers of a ship, excluding the captain.
    • The captain rarely referred to his wardroom for advice, and this resulted in their discontent.

Forms of ward-room

pluralward-rooms

Questions about ward-room

What is ward-room the alternative form of?
Ward-room is the alternative form of wardroom.

Words near ward-room in the dictionary

  1. ward round
  2. ward rounds
  3. ward teaching
  4. Ward's pill
  5. Ward's pills
  6. ward-room
  7. ward-rooms
  8. Warda
  9. wardable
  10. wardage
  11. Wardak

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