Definitions for Sentinel

Sentinel sen·ti·nel

Spelling: [sen-tn-l]
IPA: /ˈsɛn tn l/

Sentinel is a 8 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 8 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 11 points.

You can make 204 anagrams from letters in Sentinel (eeilnnst).

Definitions for Sentinel

noun

  1. a person or thing that watches or stands as if watching.
  2. a soldier stationed as a guard to challenge all comers and prevent a surprise attack:
  3. Digital Technology. tag1 (def 9a).

verb (used with object)

  1. to watch over or guard as a sentinel.

Origin of Sentinel

1570-80; Middle French sentinelle Italian sentinella, derivative of Old Italian sentina vigilance (Latin sent(īre) to observe) + -īna -ine2)

Examples for Sentinel

A sentinel is present 24 hours a day, seven days a week, 365 days a year, including holidays.

That might have been what happened to the sentinel that landed in Iran.

Neither of the lads so much as glanced at the sentinel as they strolled past him.

After that, we were allowed to come on deck singly, only, and then under a sentinel's charge.

When Johnston talks about the failure of the sentinel in Iran, he sounds frustrated.

Like a sentinel on that solitary plain it overwhelms me with a sense of mystery.

He did not care, now, if he were halted by a British picket or sentinel.

This would be difficult, for the reason that there was a sentinel on the deck.

A web promotion for X-Men: Days of Future Past indicated that the character had been killed by a sentinel in 2011.

They may be taking some action in the future, given the weaknesses that appear to have been exposed in the sentinel.

Word Value for Sentinel
Scrable

8

Words with friends

11

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