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Noun: guardroom  'gaa(r)d,room
  1. A room used by soldiers on guard
    "The soldiers gathered in the guardroom for their briefing before starting their shift"
     
  2. A cell in which soldiers who are prisoners are confined
    "The disobedient private was sent to the guardroom for the night"

Derived forms: guardrooms

Type of: cell, jail cell, peter [Austral, NZ, informal], prison cell, room