entry guard
1guard of honour — see under ↑honour • • • Main Entry: ↑guard guard of honour A body of soldiers serving as a ceremonial escort • • • Main Entry: ↑honour * * * guard of honour UK US noun [countable] [ …
2guard-ship — guardˈ ship or guardˈship noun 1. A ship of war that superintends marine affairs in a harbour and protects it 2. Guardianship (archaic; Swift) • • • Main Entry: ↑guard …
3guard of honour — ► guard of honour a group of soldiers ceremonially welcoming an important visitor. Main Entry: ↑guard …
4guard-book — guardˈ book noun A blank book with guards • • • Main Entry: ↑guard …
5guard dog — noun a dog trained to guard property • Syn: ↑watchdog • Hypernyms: ↑working dog • Hyponyms: ↑kuvasz, ↑attack dog, ↑housedog, ↑schipperke, ↑ …
6guard's van — noun the car on a train that is occupied by the guard • Hypernyms: ↑car, ↑railcar, ↑railway car, ↑railroad car * * * noun Britain : caboose * * * guard s van …
7guard hair — noun coarse hairs that form the outer fur and protect the underfur of certain mammals • Hypernyms: ↑hair • Part Holonyms: ↑fur * * * noun : any of the long coarse hairs forming a protective coating over the underfur of a furred mammal; also : the …
8guard cell — noun : one of the two crescent shaped epidermal cells united at their ends whose changes in turgidity determine opening and closing of a stoma * * * Bot. either of two specialized epidermal cells that flank the pore of a stoma and usually cause… …
9guard ring — noun : a close fitting finger ring worn outside another to keep the latter from slipping off * * * a ring worn tightly in front of another ring to prevent the latter from slipping off the finger. [1810 20] * * * guard ring noun A keeper, or… …
10guard against something — ˈguard against sth derived to take care to prevent sth or to protect yourself from sth • to guard against accidents/disease Main entry: ↑guardderived …
