guardroom

«guardroom» in Mova's school dictionary: A room where soldiers or guards on duty stay, often near… — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

part of speech

noun (a guardroom, guardrooms)

meaning for a pupil

1) A room where soldiers or guards on duty stay, often near a gate. tree →

2) A room in a castle or barracks where prisoners are kept for a short time. tree →

sense in the lessons

A castle, army and prison word. In The Wind in the Willows Toad is dragged through the gloomy castle-prison, past guardrooms full of soldiers, to the deepest dungeon. In history lessons on castles, the guardroom is usually beside the gatehouse.

examples

• The soldiers rested in the guardroom by the castle gate. tree →
• Toad was dragged past the guardroom to the dungeon. tree →
• The guard went back to the guardroom to warm his hands. tree →
• The prisoner was kept in the guardroom overnight. tree →
• We visited the old guardroom at the Tower of London. tree →
• Keys hung on a hook in the guardroom. tree →

note

Countable, one word. Related: guardhouse, gatehouse, barracks. «On guard» means watching; «off guard» means not ready.

Trees and pragmatics

Every meaning and example of «guardroom» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.