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bunkhouse

bunkhouse

13 3.9
A simple building with beds for several people, often used by workers or guests
  • noun
  • /ˈbʌŋkˌhaʊs/
translation icon : barracón
  • Each guest was assigned a bed in the shared bunkhouse for their stay in the remote lodge.

Examples

  • Stay in the bunkhouse.

  • The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service allowed us to use their bunkhouse at the Yukon Delta Wildlife Refuge in Bethel.

    Academic text (1997)
  • Go to your bunkhouse and stay there.

  • The bunkhouse is staff only.

  • A meeting is in progress in the bunkhouse that morning.

    Fiction book (1993)
  • You go get the medicines from the bunkhouse.

  • The fire in the big iron stove in the middle of the bunkhouse had gone out.

    Fiction book (2002)
  • On this property, there is a bunkhouse and some large corrals to handle cattle.

    Academic text (1992)
  • Ethan, you're going to sleep in the bunkhouse.

  • The canneries offered boarding in the form of bunkhouses, which also reflected the racial divisions of the time.

    Academic text (2016)

Synonyms

hut
vsbunkhouse
217 1.0

A small simple building where people live or stay

is specifically a sleeping building with multiple beds for workers or guests
hostel
vsbunkhouse
34 2.1

A cheap place for travelers or students to sleep, often with shared rooms and facilities

is more basic and focused on sleeping space for workers or groups
guesthouse
vsbunkhouse
21 2.5

A small building near a house where visitors stay

is more communal and simpler, focusing on shared sleeping arrangements
dormitory
vsbunkhouse
10 3.0

A large room with many beds where people sleep, for example at a camp

is similar but fits informal worker or guest lodging rather than institutions
dormitory room
vsbunkhouse
1 2.2

A large sleeping room in a school or other place shared by several people

is a whole building with beds rather than a single large room
bunkie
vsbunkhouse
  • US
8.4

A small simple cabin used for guests or camping

is a larger building with several beds often used by workers
barracks
vsbunkhouse
2.3

Buildings where soldiers live and sleep

is less formal and usually serves workers or visiting guests rather than soldiers
accommodation house
vsbunkhouse
3.8

A building that offers rooms for people to stay for a short time

is a specific simple sleeping building rather than any lodging establishment

How Comfortable

suite
288 3.5
hotel room
276 1.0
bunkhouse
13 3.9
dorm room
  • Informal
47 1.6

Surface Forms

bunkhouse singular
bunkhouses plural

Morphology

bunkhouse = bunk + house (transparent) = bunk + house

The compound is a straightforward combination of 'bunk' + 'house': a building containing bunks.

Etymology

The word bunkhouse comes from the two words bunk and house; bunk means 'bed' and house means 'building', so a bunkhouse is a simple building with beds for several people.