ward
noun
Key Types & categories Parts & wholes Related & opposite
- Word type
- noun
- verb
- adjective
- adverb
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- core relation
- instance, member or derived
- substance, domain or see-also
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Senses
Sense 1 noun
a person who is under the protection or in the custody of another
Types & categories
- person hypernym
Related & opposite
- ward derivation
Sense 2 verb
watch over or shield from danger or harm; protect
guard my possessions while I'm away
Types & categories
Related & opposite
Sense 3 noun
a district into which a city or town is divided for the purpose of administration and elections
Types & categories
- administrative district hypernym
Parts & wholes
- municipality part holonym
Sense 4 noun
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
Types & categories
- block hypernym
- detox hyponym
- maternity ward hyponym
Parts & wholes
- hospital part holonym
Sense 5 noun
a division of a prison (usually consisting of several cells)
Types & categories
- block hypernym
- death house hyponym
Parts & wholes
Table view of this graph
| Sense | Relation | Group | Word |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | ward |
| 1 | hypernym | Types & categories | person |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | guard |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | ward |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | warder |
| 2 | hypernym | Types & categories | protect |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | shepherd |
| 3 | part holonym | Parts & wholes | municipality |
| 3 | hypernym | Types & categories | administrative district |
| 4 | part holonym | Parts & wholes | hospital |
| 4 | hypernym | Types & categories | block |
| 4 | hyponym | Types & categories | detox |
| 4 | hyponym | Types & categories | maternity ward |
| 5 | part holonym | Parts & wholes | prison |
| 5 | part meronym | Parts & wholes | jail cell |
| 5 | hypernym | Types & categories | block |
| 5 | hyponym | Types & categories | death house |