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GUN ROOM
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Dictionary entry overview: What does gun room mean?
• GUN ROOM (noun)
The noun GUN ROOM has 1 sense:
1. military quarters of midshipmen and junior officers on a British warship
Familiarity information: GUN ROOM used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Military quarters of midshipmen and junior officers on a British warship
Classified under:
Nouns denoting man-made objects
Hypernyms ("gun room" is a kind of...):
military quarters (living quarters for personnel on a military post)
Domain category:
armed forces; armed services; military; military machine; war machine (the military forces of a nation)
Domain region:
Britain; Great Britain; U.K.; UK; United Kingdom; United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland (a monarchy in northwestern Europe occupying most of the British Isles; divided into England and Scotland and Wales and Northern Ireland; 'Great Britain' is often used loosely to refer to the United Kingdom)
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