B2nounhealthurban
US/wɔːrd/
UK/wɔːd/
a room in a hospital with beds for patients, or an area of a town with its own representative
In context
The nurse moved him to a quiet ward on the third floor.
She works on the children’s ward at the city hospital.
Each ward in the city elects one member to the city council.
Words that go with ward
noun + noun
- a hospital wardVisitors may enter the hospital ward after noon.
- maternity wardShe gave birth in the maternity ward.
- children’s wardVolunteers read stories on the children’s ward.
adjective + noun
- psychiatric wardHe spent a month on a psychiatric ward.
- surgical wardHe spent two nights in the surgical ward after the operation.
noun + preposition
- on the wardThere are only two nurses on the ward tonight.