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barracks
/ ˈæə /
plural noun
a building or group of buildings used to accommodate military personnel
any large building used for housing people, esp temporarily
a large and bleak building
51Թ History and Origins
Origin of barracks1
Example Sentences
In response, Pancho Villa’s Army confined their band to their barracks and canceled their traditionally joyful pregame tailgate party Saturday.
A prison superintendent told the BBC inmates began shouting from their cells and barracks around midnight as they were terrified the building would collapse on top of them.
These are not akin to the crude barracks used to house the Mexican guest workers known as braceros decades ago, nor are they the broken-down trailers associated with abuses of the H-2A program.
The shy idols waved back – they were on their way to the barracks after rehearsals for the anniversary parade.
Lam was 37 years old and he, his wife, three sons and three daughters bunked in barracks on the base.
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