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(ward) 1 syllables

Definition

noun. a person, especially a child, who is under the care of a guardian.

Example Sentence

Patients under the age of sixteen stay in the children's ward.

More Example Sentences

She is a ward of the state.

Synonyms

charge; dependent; pupil

Antonyms

an undefined area

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Rhymes

  • board
  • bored
  • chord
  • cord
  • cored
  • fjord
  • floored
  • foard
  • ford
  • forde
  • goard
  • gored
  • gourd
  • hoard
  • hord
  • horde
  • jorde
  • lord
  • mord
  • nord
  • nored
  • norred
  • oared
  • ord
  • plourde
  • pored
  • poured
  • roared
  • scored
  • shored
  • snored
  • soard
  • soared
  • stored
  • sword
  • ward
  • warde
  • warred

  • abhorred
  • aboard
  • accord
  • acord
  • adored
  • afford
  • alvord
  • award
  • axford
  • beauford
  • debord
  • deborde
  • deplored
  • dubord
  • explored
  • ignored
  • implored
  • laborde
  • mainord
  • mccord
  • montford
  • mountford
  • outscored
  • reboard
  • record
  • restored
  • revord
  • reward
  • shavord
  • toward
  • verwoerd

  • prerecord
  • underscored
  • unexplored
  • untoward
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