Search results
- Dictionaryward/wɔːd/
noun
- 1. a separate room in a hospital, typically one allocated to a particular type of patient: "a children's ward" Similar
- 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
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"
Powered by Oxford Dictionaries
The meaning of WARD is the action or process of guarding. How to use ward in a sentence.
one of the parts or large rooms into which a hospital is divided, usually with beds for patients: a geriatric / maternity / psychiatric ward. US. one of the parts into which a prison is divided. Fewer examples. The ward was full of children infected with TB.
WARD meaning: 1. one of the parts or large rooms into which a hospital is divided, usually with beds for…. Learn more.
Ward definition: a division or district of a city or town, as for administrative or political purposes.. See examples of WARD used in a sentence.
A ward or a ward of court is a child who is the responsibility of a person called a guardian, or of a court of law, because their parents are dead or because they are believed to be in need of protection.
A ward is a group of rooms or a section in a hospital or prison; in a hospital, different wards deal with different needs, like the psychiatric ward or maternity ward. Although ward is most often used in connection with hospitals and prisons, cities and towns can also be broken into wards.
n. 1. a. A room in a hospital usually holding six or more patients. b. A division in a hospital for the care of a particular group of patients: a maternity ward. 2. a. A division of a city or town, especially an electoral district, for administrative and representative purposes.
WARD definition: a room in a hospital where people receiving treatment stay, often for the same type of illness: . Learn more.
ward meaning, definition, what is ward: a large room in a hospital where people ...: Learn more.
a division, floor, or room of a hospital for a particular class or group of patients: a convalescent ward; a critical ward. any of the separate divisions of a prison. Government a political subdivision of a parish in Louisiana.
