sentry

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Synonyms: gentry, entry, centry, sentery, senary, sextry, santry, sentra, ventry, jentry, sentri

Antonyms: gentry, entry, centry, sentery, senary, sextry, santry, sentra, ventry, jentry, sentri

Related words from Datamuse; suggestions, not definitions.

Noun

1. A [[guard]], particularly on [[duty]] at the entrance to a [[military]] [[base]].
2. {{lb|en|uncountable}} Sentry duty; time spent being a sentry.
3. {{lb|en|nautical}} A form of [[drag]] to be [[tow]]ed [[underwater]], which on striking bottom is upset and rises to the surface.
4. A [[watchtower]].
5. An animal like a marmot tasked with [[alerting]] the pack to danger.

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