Associations to the word «Sentry»

Wiktionary

SENTRY, noun. A guard, particularly on duty at the entrance to a military base.
SENTRY, noun. (uncountable) Sentry duty; time spent being a sentry.
SENTRY, noun. (nautical) A form of drag to be towed underwater, which on striking bottom is upset and rises to the surface.
SENTRY POST, noun. A location where a sentry is officially stationed.

Dictionary definition

SENTRY, noun. A person employed to keep watch for some anticipated event.

Wise words

The most important things are the hardest things to say. They are the things you get ashamed of because words diminish your feelings - words shrink things that seem timeless when they are in your head to no more than living size when they are brought out.
Stephen King