Usually means: Small shelter for on-duty guards.
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  1. sentry box: Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
  2. sentry box: Merriam-Webster
  3. sentry box: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  4. sentry box: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  5. sentry box: Collins English Dictionary
  6. sentry box: Vocabulary.com
  7. sentry-box, sentry box: Wordnik
  8. sentry box: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  9. sentry-box: Wiktionary
  10. sentry box: Infoplease Dictionary
  11. sentry box: Dictionary.com
  12. Sentry box: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  13. sentry box: Rhymezone
  14. sentry-box: Webster's 1828 Dictionary
  15. sentry box: FreeDictionary.org
  16. sentry box: Mnemonic Dictionary
  17. sentry box: TheFreeDictionary.com

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Definitions from Wikipedia (Sentry box)

▸ noun:  A sentry box is a small shelter with an open front in which a sentry or person on guard duty may stand to be sheltered from the weather.


Opposite:
open space, expanse, clearing, field

Types:
guard house, booth, kiosk, shack, hut, cabin, lodge, more...

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Opposite:
open space, expanse, clearing, field

Types:
guard house, booth, kiosk, shack, hut, cabin, lodge, more...




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