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  • 121guard rail — UK / US noun [countable] Word forms guard rail : singular guard rail plural guard rails a bar or fence put for safety at the edge of something such as a road, a bridge, or stairs …

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  • 122guard of honour — noun 1. a group of soldiers who line the path of and present arms as a sign of respect to a person being honoured as they pass. 2. any group of selected people who perform a similar ceremonial function. Also, guard of honor, honour guard, honor… …

  • 123guard hair — noun coarse hairs that form the outer fur and protect the underfur of certain mammals • Hypernyms: ↑hair • Part Holonyms: ↑fur * * * noun : any of the long coarse hairs forming a protective coating over the underfur of a furred mammal; also : the …

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  • 124guard cell — noun : one of the two crescent shaped epidermal cells united at their ends whose changes in turgidity determine opening and closing of a stoma * * * Bot. either of two specialized epidermal cells that flank the pore of a stoma and usually cause… …

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  • 125guard mount — noun also guard mounting 1. : the military ceremony of installing the new guard and relieving the old one 2. : guard duty …

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  • 126guard ring — noun : a close fitting finger ring worn outside another to keep the latter from slipping off * * * a ring worn tightly in front of another ring to prevent the latter from slipping off the finger. [1810 20] * * * guard ring noun A keeper, or… …

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  • 127GUARD — US National Guard and Air Guard …

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  • 128Guard of the Citadel — In the book The Return of the King , the Guard of the Citadel, of whom Beregond was a member originally, was assigned to the highest circle of Minas Tirith and protected the hall of the king and the houses of the dead. Peregrin Took was… …

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