Defenition of the word ward

• Defenition of the word ward

  • a division of a prison (usually consisting of several cells)
  • watch over or shield from danger or harm; protect; "guard my possessions while I'm away"
  • a district into which a city or town is divided for the purpose of administration and elections
  • a person who is under the protection or in the custody of another
  • a division of a hospital (or a suite of rooms) shared by patients who need a similar kind of care; "they put her in a 4-bed ward"
  • block forming a division of a hospital (or a suite of rooms) shared by patients who need a similar kind of care; "they put her in a 4-bed ward"
  • United States businessman who in 1872 established a successful mail-order business (1843-1913)
  • English writer of novels who was an active opponent of the women''s suffrage movement (1851-1920)
  • English economist and conservationist (1914-1981)
  • watch over or shield from danger or harm; protect; "guard my possessions while I''m away"
  • block forming a division of a hospital (or a suite of rooms) shared by patients who need a similar kind of care
  • English writer of novels who was an active opponent of the women's suffrage movement (1851-1920)
  • watch over or shield from danger or harm; protect

Synonyms for the word ward

• • area
  • cell
  • cellblock
  • charge
  • constituency
  • custody
  • dependent
  • district
  • division
  • guard
  • guardianship
  • hospital ward
  • imprisonment
  • keeper
  • protection
  • quarter
  • region
  • responsibility
  • warden
  • watchman
  • zone

Similar words in the ward

• • ward
  • ward's
  • warded
  • warden
  • warden's
  • wardened
  • wardening
  • wardens
  • warder
  • warder's
  • wardered
  • wardering
  • warders
  • warding
  • wardrobe
  • wardrobe's
  • wardrobes
  • wardroom
  • wardroom's
  • wardrooms
  • wards

Meronymys for the word ward

• • cell
  • hospital
  • infirmary
  • jail cell
  • municipality
  • prison
  • prison cell
  • prison house

Hyponyms for the word ward

• • death house
  • death row
  • detox
  • maternity ward
  • shepherd

Hypernyms for the word ward

• • administrative district
  • administrative division
  • author
  • block
  • businessman
  • conservationist
  • economic expert
  • economist
  • environmentalist
  • hospital room
  • human
  • individual
  • man of affairs
  • mortal
  • person
  • protect
  • somebody
  • someone
  • soul
  • territorial division
  • writer

Idioms for the word ward

• • casual ward
  • labour ward
  • probationary ward
  • to ward off
  • ward round
  • to be in ward
  • watch and ward

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