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Meaning of sentry-box | Babel Free

Noun CEFR B2

Definitions

A booth erected to provide rudimentary shelter to a sentry on his/her post.

Equivalents

Dansk skilderhus
Deutsch Schilderhaus Wachhäuschen
Español garita
Suomi vartiokoppi
Français guérite
Magyar őrbódé
Bahasa Indonesia gardu
Italiano garitta
日本語 哨舎 番屋
Nederlands wachthuisje
Português guarita
Русский карау́льное помеще́ние сторожева́я бу́дка

Examples

“As for chronology, I own, Trim, continued my uncle Toby, sitting down again coolly in his sentry-box, that, of all others, it seems a science which the soldiers might best spare, was it not for the lights which that science must one day give him, in determining the invention of powder; […]”

CEFR level

B2
Upper Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.
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See also

sentry-go Sentul Sentz Senufo Senussi Senussism

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