Ward

What do we mean by ward?

A room in a hospital usually holding six or more patients. noun

A division in a hospital for the care of a particular group of patients. noun

A division of a city or town, especially an electoral district, for administrative and representative purposes. noun

A district of some English and Scottish counties corresponding roughly to the hundred or the wapentake. noun

One of the divisions of a penal institution, such as a prison. noun

An open court or area of a castle or fortification enclosed by walls. noun

A minor or a person deemed legally incompetent. noun

A person under the protection or care of another. noun

The act of guarding or protecting; guardianship. noun

The act of keeping watch or being a lookout. noun

The state of being under guard; custody. noun

A defensive movement or attitude, especially in fencing; a guard. noun

The projecting ridge of a lock or keyhole that prevents the turning of a key other than the proper one. noun

The notch cut into a key that corresponds to such a ridge. noun

To guard; protect. transitive verb

A warden; a guard; a guardian or watchman.

Words that are spelled similarly to ward:
ward.

Words that are triggered by (strongly associated with) the word ward:
wards, councillor, alderman, stretches, kolkata, tanzania, borough, constituency, dudley, boundaries, municipal, electoral, labour, bounded, census, council, boundary, ottawa, democrats, mayor, exists, conservative, incumbent, elected, parliamentary, democrat, evil, liberal, parish, corporation, represented, election, orleans.

Words that rhyme with ward:
board, record, accord, afford, cord, award, onboard, toward, lord, reward, chord, hoard, ford, gourd, untoward, bored, sword, horde, dashboard, concord, keyboard, billboard, aboard, abhorred, landlord, sward, fjord, cardboard, overboard, smorgasbord, nord, gaylord, springboard, clipboard, blackboard, overlord, aboveboard, warlord, gored, adored, underscored, storyboard, chessboard, clapboard, seaboard, harpsichord, baseboard, floored, skateboard, checkerboard, switchboard, ord, fingerboard, surfboard, ignored, stored, restored, floorboard, headboard, pored, hord, soared, broadsword, inboard, corrugated cardboard, poured, snowboard, washboard, outboard, circuit board, clavichord, notochord, sounding board, implored, oared, scoreboard, explored, chipboard, concorde, scored, strike a chord, sound board, dartboard, bulletin board, pegboard, roared, fnord, paperboard, wallboard, hardboard, fiberboard, mord, acord, njord, spinal cord, deplored, verwoerd, display board, throw overboard, umbilical cord.

Adjectives that are often used to describe ward:
psychiatric, surgical, medical, general, second, open, mental, third, young, fourth, whole, inner, pediatric, special, female, casual, fifth, outer, sick, geriatric, acute, bed, private, intensive, west, sixth, closed, seventh, late, east, separate, entire, south, psychopathic, male, god, sea, north, back, inpatient, upper, violent, former, convalescent, ninth, psycho, chronic, busy, eighth, city, orthopedic, paediatric, 5th, tenth, barrington, middle, royal, disturbed, nineteenth, down, alcoholic, 6th, off, orthopaedic, insane, dear, crowded, adolescent.

Nouns that are often described by the adjective ward:
perkins, leonard, syndrome, replies, jackson, leaders, personnel, clerks, belmont, room, price, smith, mcquaid, ross, heelers, officers, interview, thompson, atmosphere, griffin, demands, case, off, booth, reports, management, managers, thomas, offices, officials, close, royster, notes, john, election, collins, councillors, takahashi, secretaries, hopkins, rainey, phillips, training, burton, william, membership, wimmer, failure, the, cleaning, visits, stephens, records, nasse, representatives, lattimore, george, batts, minute, mellor, talks, richard, rounds, supplies, lonergan, chandler, coonley, penny, ham, schofield, chairmen, administrators, holding, debate, attendant, cook, ritchie, aides, romano, lock, oilfields, jouve, hovland, routledge, bailey, voting, stores, larson, miller, committeemen, sleepwalkers, wise.

Consonant match to ward:
weird, wired, wared, warred, warde.

Words that sound like ward:
ward, warde, warred, waard, waarde, weird, wierd, wired, wart, weard, woord, weared, wyrd, wared, whered, oirt, horde, hoard, hord, whored, hoared, word, war, yard, award, wore, warned, wards, wor, warmed, watered, wod, sward, wird, werd, warder, warr, warry, whare, warda, wurd, yarde, woar, waud, wori, werde, -ward, wora, wurde, warrie, hard, lord, sword, toward, howard, poured, roared, soared, nord, sord, sored, mord, pored, shored, chored, nored, lourd, pord, sourd, morde, vord, yeared, norred, lourde, wad, wowed, waar, wara, wofford, huard, wadd, waad, wahr, suard, wollard, wafford, wasde, hired, haired, hort, hared, whort, lard, charred, chard, charde, jart, gnarred, choired, -wide.