Meaning

2 senses
  1. A room where guns are stored.

  2. Living quarters for junior officers and midshipmen on a warship (hence gunroom officers). In the past it was usually set in the forecastle.

Origin

From gun + room.

From gun + room.

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Forms

plural: gunrooms
Singulargunroom
Pluralgunrooms

regular

Word family

1 related words
Relatedwardroom

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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