guardroom
Where sentries wait
A guardroom is a room where military guards are stationed, typically at an entrance or gate to a facility.
It serves as a base for personnel on watch duty and often doubles as a holding area for detained individuals or prisoners awaiting processing: The suspect was held in the guardroom overnight.
Guard on duty
- garrisonStationed military force
- barracksSoldiers' residential building
- checkpointInspection station on route
- dutyRequired moral task
patrol · officer · sergeant · battalion · platoon · squad · infantry · regiment
Guard on duty
- lookoutWatcher or vista point
- vigilPurposeful nighttime wakefulness
- shiftMovement or work period
- patrolRegular surveillance route
sentinel · watchman · picket · overwatch · watchtower · nightwatch · duty · vigilance
Inspection station on route
- accessRight to enter
- badgeWorn symbol of membership
- keycardElectronic entry credential
- barrierObstruction preventing passage
lock · alarm · perimeter · gate · fortification · defense · clearance · screening
Basic unit of life
- prisonerConfined criminal detainee
- confinementState of being restricted
- custodyProtective care or control
- detaineePerson held in custody
lockup · incarceration · captivity · dungeon · jail · gaol · shackles · interrogation
sentry
Guard on duty
- garrisonStationed military force
- barracksSoldiers' residential building
- checkpointInspection station on route
duty · patrol · officer · sergeant · battalion · platoon · squad · infantry · regiment · quarters
sentry
Guard on duty
patrol · sentinel · watchman · picket · overwatch · watchtower · nightwatch · duty · vigilance · rounds
checkpoint
Inspection station on route
barrier · lock · alarm · perimeter · gate · fortification · defense · clearance · screening · inspection
cell
Basic unit of life
- prisonerConfined criminal detainee
- confinementState of being restricted
- custodyProtective care or control
detainee · lockup · incarceration · captivity · dungeon · jail · gaol · shackles · interrogation · solitary
- castle partsmoat, keep, drawbridge, battlement, tower
- genre scenesdomestic scene, tavern scene, market scene, village scene, family meal
- guard postssentry box, sentry post, checkpoint, security booth, gatehouse
- castleskeep, moat, drawbridge, dungeon, turret
- fortificationsfort, fortress, fortresses, citadel, citadels
- castle defensesportcullis, drawbridge, murder hole, barbican, sally port
guardroomoutside
Beyond the boundary
open ground · exterior · free zone · open air · outdoors
guardroombarracks
Soldiers' residential building
quarters · mess hall · recreation room · billet · living quarters