Phrase Hound found 75 phrases and 60 compound words that contain guards. The most common are listed below. Open guards in the live search for definitions, filters, and the full list.
Phrases 75
- security guardsplural of security guard: A person who is employed to provide security for people or property.
- Life GuardsA regiment of the British army (part of the Household Cavalry).
- changing of the guardsAlternative form of changing of the guard: A ceremony during which the soldiers or other officials guarding a major government building or state residence, especially Buckingham Palace in England, are replaced by a new shift.
- border guardsplural of border guard: A national agency that enforces the security of the country's national borders.
- car guardsplural of car guard: A person who watches over parked cars on the street and helps drivers to find parking places in exchange for money, usually informally.
- chain guardsplural of chain guard: A compartment that encloses the chain and sprocket assemblies of a bicycle
- coast guardsplural of coast guard: The organisation or officer enforcing maritime law and policing the seas within territorial waters.
- crossing guardsplural of crossing guard: A person who directs vehicular traffic so that pedestrians, especially students, may cross the right of way.
- foot guardsplural of foot guard: A soldier who goes on foot, without a horse.
- gate guardsplural of gate guard: A decommissioned aircraft, artillery piece, or tank, displayed near the entrance to an airport or military base.
- Home Guardsplural of Home Guard: An armed citizen defence force supporting the British Army during the Second World War, in particular, defence against any invasion by enemy forces.
- honor guardsplural of honor guard: a ceremonial assembly of uniformed military personnel performing the duty of escort or exhibition, i.e. accompany a casket during a funeral procession.
- horse guardsplural of horse guard: Ellipsis of horse guard wasp.
- knee guardsplural of knee guard: knee pad
- mouth guardsplural of mouth guard: A device that fits into the mouth over one or both arches of the teeth and usually made of plastic. Such devices may protect against injury during sport or fighting or may serve a medical purpose.
- prison guardsplural of prison guard: An armed person working to provide order, security, discipline, punishment, and prevent escapes of prisoners in a jail that answers to a warden.
- red guardsplural of red guard: A member of any of several organizations known as Red Guards or Red Guard.
- safe-guardsthird-person singular simple present indicative of safe-guard: Something that serves as a guard or protection; a defense.
- shooting guardsplural of shooting guard: A guard who is usually the taller of the two guard positions, and sometimes specializes in shooting from outside, particular from beyond the three-point line.
- snow guardsplural of snow guard: A device or series of devices attached to the roof in a pattern that attempts to hold the snow in place, thus preventing sudden snow or ice slides from the roof
- Swiss Guardsplural of Swiss Guard: One of the Swiss soldiers who have served as guards at foreign European courts since the late 15th century.
- rash guardsplural of rash guard: Synonym of rash vest (“a close-fitting garment often worn while surfing or during other water sports under a wetsuit to prevent chafing and provide UV protection or extra warmth”).
- shin guardsplural of shin guard: A piece of apparel to protect the front of the lower leg (the shin), usually worn when playing sports.
- guards of honorplural of guard of honor: A group of people (especially military), arranged in one or more rows, at a ceremony to honour, or a visit by, an important person.
- guards of honourplural of guard of honour: A group of people (especially military), arranged in one or more rows, at a ceremony to honour, or a visit by, an important person.
Compound words 60
- safeguardsplural of safeguard: Something that serves as a guard or protection; a defense.
- guardsmanA person, especially a soldier, who is on guard; especially, a masculine one.
- bodyguardsplural of bodyguard: A person or group of persons, often armed, responsible for protecting someone.
- guardsmenplural of guardsman: A person, especially a soldier, who is on guard; especially, a masculine one.
- lifeguardsplural of lifeguard: A lifesaver: a rescuer, usually an expert swimmer, employed to save swimmers in trouble or near drowning at a body of water.
- mudguardsplural of mudguard: A cover over the wheels of a vehicle, or a flap behind that wheel, to prevent water and mud being projected.
- shinguardsplural of shinguard: A piece of apparel to protect the front of the lower leg (the shin), usually worn when playing sports.
- vanguardsplural of vanguard: The leading units at the front of an army or fleet.
- rashguardsplural of rashguard: Synonym of rash vest (“a close-fitting garment often worn while surfing or during other water sports under a wetsuit to prevent chafing and provide UV protection or extra warmth”).
- pickguardsplural of pickguard: A piece of durable flat material placed on the body of a guitar (or similar instrument) beneath the strings to protect the surface from being scratched by a plectrum (or similar device).