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    ward
    /wɔːd/

    noun

    • 1. a separate room in a hospital, typically one allocated to a particular type of patient: "a children's ward" Similar roomcompartmentdepartmentunit
    • 2. an administrative division of a city or borough that typically elects and is represented by a councillor or councillors: "the second most marginal ward in Westminster" Similar districtconstituencydivisionquarter

    verb

    • 1. admit to or care for in a hospital ward: SE Asian "the last of the accident victims was warded"
    • 2. guard; protect: archaic "it was his duty to ward the king"

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