barracks
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- noun
- /ˈbɛrɪks/
- Each dorm in the military barracks was equipped with bunk beds and lockers.
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Watch on YouTubeHuge, huge stone walls and underground barracks or dungeons.
- Huge, huge stone walls and underground barracks or dungeons.
- The drill sergeants took us back to the the barracks and they're like, you're cleaning these barracks, right.
- Well, next door to the embassy was a military barracks that was on the target list.
- And because of the confusion, the drone ended up striking a living quarter slash slash barracks area where troops were.
- Right now it looks like they are targeting a number of barracks and Iron Dome platforms that are currently in northern occupied Palestine.
- And I remember my first night there and I was laying in this big, this is huge room that had like tons of, you know, racks beds, you know, bunk beds just lined up and down like Army barracks.
- Yeah, it was when I got to the barracks after that, the interview.
- But he snuck in when I was in the barracks room, had me confined.
- And I'm like, this is down in like the the castle barracks part.
- Thunderous cracks snapped through the barracks, the estate, through the very foundations of the court.
- And I'm just watching the barracks, waiting to watch everyone walk away and you're just formation.
- And we were able to kind of get the National Army Reserve there, let us get on board their barracks.
Examples
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The soldiers returned to the barracks after a long day of training.
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The eastern part to our left contains the barracks of the enlisted men.
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Within, one will find a central structure with barracks and storage rooms.
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For two days we sat there in the barracks while the European bombs fell on Tripoli.
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We flew to Carlisle Barracks, PA OK, the Army War College.
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The drill sergeants took us back to the the barracks and they're like, you're cleaning these barracks, right.
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New recruits are often nervous as they adjust to life in the barracks.
Synonyms
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2.9
Rooms or buildings where a group of people live, like soldiers
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6.8
A group of soldiers and the fort where they are based
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2.8
Rooms or small buildings where people live inside a larger place
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A simple building with beds for several people, often used by workers or guests
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8.6
A place in a home where soldiers stay
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9.9
A military camp where soldiers live temporarily
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9.3
A group of small temporary houses where soldiers or workers live
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Places on a military base where soldiers live
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9.9
A building where soldiers live and sleep
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A building where soldiers live and sleep
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Etymology
Barracks comes from an old French and Italian word baracca that meant 'hut' or 'shelter'. So a barracks is a place of simple buildings where soldiers live and sleep together.