noun
sickbay
Sickbay (noun) means a room set aside for treating sick or injured people on a ship, spacecraft, or in a school or institution. Example: “The injured sailor was carried down to the sickbay.”
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A room set aside for treating sick or injured people on a ship, spacecraft, or in a school or institution.
"It was the piano lesson again—an orange-tiled floor, one high window, a new upright in a bare room close to the sickbay,"
— Ian McEwan, Lessons (2022)
"The injured sailor was carried down to the sickbay."
"A student with a fever was sent to the school sickbay to lie down."
How to use sickbay
Learner’s notesIn plain EnglishThe small medical room on a ship or in an institution where sick or injured people are treated.
Common pairings
taken to sickbay
the ship's sickbay
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Word forms
- Plural
- sickbays
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The injured sailor was carried down to the _____.
Etymology
A compound of "sick" and "bay" (a section or compartment), originally naval terminology.
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Rhymes for sickbay
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What does “sickbay” mean?
The word “sickbay” means a room set aside for treating sick or injured people on a ship, spacecraft, or in a school or institution. In plain terms, the small medical room on a ship or in an institution where sick or injured people are treated.
How do you use “sickbay” in a sentence?
Here is “sickbay” used in a sentence: “The injured sailor was carried down to the sickbay.”
What is another word for “sickbay”?
Words with a similar meaning to “sickbay” include infirmary.
What part of speech is “sickbay”?
“Sickbay” is a noun.
