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sentry-box

noun · 1 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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noun

Meaning 1

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

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

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Across languages

Translations

23 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Bulgarian: караулка (karaulka) — booth for a sentry
  • Chinese Mandarin: 崗亭 /岗亭 (gǎngtíng) — booth for a sentry
  • Chinese Mandarin: 哨所 (shàosuǒ) — booth for a sentry
  • Danish: skilderhus — booth for a sentry
  • Dutch: wachthuisje — booth for a sentry
  • Finnish: vartiokoppi — booth for a sentry
  • French: guérite — booth for a sentry
  • German: Schilderhaus — booth for a sentry
  • German: Wachhäuschen — booth for a sentry
  • Hungarian: őrbódé — booth for a sentry
  • Italian: garitta — booth for a sentry
  • Japanese: 哨舎 (shōsha) — booth for a sentry
  • Japanese: 番屋 (ban'ya) — booth for a sentry
  • Norwegian: skilderhus — booth for a sentry
  • Polish: budka wartownika — booth for a sentry
  • Portuguese: guarita — booth for a sentry
  • Russian: карау́льное помеще́ние (karaúlʹnoje pomeščénije) — booth for a sentry
  • Russian: сторожева́я бу́дка (storoževája búdka) — booth for a sentry
  • Upper Sorbian: stražowa chěžka — booth for a sentry
  • Spanish: garita — booth for a sentry
  • Swedish: vaktkur — booth for a sentry
  • Swedish: skyllerkur — booth for a sentry
  • Walloon: guerite — booth for a sentry