sentry
About 1.09 uses per million words.
Meaning
- noun A guard, particularly on duty at the entrance to a military base.
- noun Sentry duty; time spent being a sentry.
- noun A form of drag to be towed underwater, which on striking bottom is upset and rises to the surface.
- noun A watchtower.
- noun An animal like a marmot tasked with alerting the pack to danger.
Similar words
sentinel lookout man scout picket watch lookout guard watchman checkpoint custody
Often followed by
duty at on was box and in who to
Word family
sentries
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