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gun room

gun room

1 9.4
A room on a warship where junior officers sleep, study and sometimes keep guns
  • noun
  • /ɡʌn ruːm/
  • Archaic
translation icon : cámara de armas
  • The officer checked the inventory of firearms stored in the gun room before embarking on the mission.

Examples

  • Julian was relieved since any suggestion that the murder weapon came from the gun room would make things worse for Dipper.

    Fiction book (1993)

  • If you weren't up to any mischief in the gun room, why didn't you own up to being there?

    Fiction book (1993)

  • Do we still have a gun room?

    Skyfall (2012)

  • Otherwise, why did he go to the gun room, and why did he lie about it afterward?

    Fiction book (1993)

  • "Why did you tell us you went outside when you were really in the gun room?" asked Julian quietly.

    Fiction book (1993)

  • Then tell Travis to look in the gun room and find out if any knives are missing or show signs of recent use.

    Fiction book (1993)

  • The evening before last, after dinner, Lady Tarleton brought me to see the gun room.

    Fiction book (1993)

  • Travis was back from inspecting the gun room and reported to Sir Robert that no knives were missing or showed signs of recent use.

    Fiction book (1993)

  • The midshipmen gathered in the gun room to prepare for the upcoming training exercises.

  • During the tour of the British warship, the guide explained the historical significance of the gun room.

Synonyms

wardroom
vsgun room
  • Specialized
9 9.9

A room on a navy ship where officers, except the captain, eat and relax

is instead mainly living space for junior officers and stores firearms
military quarters
vsgun room
3.7

Places on a military base where soldiers live

is specific to ships and junior officers and stores firearms

Surface Forms

gun room singular
gun rooms plural

Morphology

gun + room

A B1 learner who knows 'gun' and 'room' can readily infer a literal meaning like 'a room where guns are kept', so part of the meaning is transparent. However, the attested sense as specific naval quarters for midshipmen and junior officers is a specialized, culture-/domain-specific extension that is not predictable from the constituents alone, so full comprehension without exposure is unlikely.

Etymology

The noun gun room comes from life on old British warships. One popular story says the small room stored a gun and other weapons and soon became where 'junior officers' or 'midshipmen' slept and worked, so the name came to mean their living quarters.