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Ward Court Noun Room Hospital Beds People Similar

word ward
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noun
A ward is a room in a hospital which has beds for many people, often people who need similar treatment.
A toddler was admitted to the emergency ward with a wound in his chest.
A ward is a district which forms part of a political constituency or local council .
...the marginal wards of Reading Kentwood and Tilehurst West.
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.
Alex was made a ward of court.
inflections wardswardingwarded
cefr-level C1

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