GUARD'S VAN

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does guard's van mean? 

• GUARD'S VAN (noun)
  The noun GUARD'S VAN has 1 sense:

1. the car on a train that is occupied by the guard

  Familiarity information: GUARD'S VAN used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• GUARD'S VAN (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

The car on a train that is occupied by the guard

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Hypernyms ("guard's van" is a kind of...):

car; railcar; railroad car; railway car (a wheeled vehicle adapted to the rails of railroad)