Word of the Day:
Barrack
PRONUNCIATION:
[bar-uhk]
noun: 1. a building or group of buildings for lodging soldiers, especially in garrison.
MEANING:
2. any large, plain building in which many people are lodged.
verb (used with object), verb (used without object) 3. to lodge in barracks.
ETYMOLOGY: 1680–90; < French baraque, Middle French < Catalan barraca hut, of obscure origin
USAGE: 1. The granary in which the platoons were barracked.
2. opponents barracked him when he addressed the opening parliamentary session
SYNONYMS: Quonset hut, billet, bivouac, camp, cantonment, dormitory, encampment, enclosure, garrison, headquarters, hut, prefab, quarters, tent
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Barrack
PRONUNCIATION:
noun: 1. a building or group of buildings for lodging soldiers, especially in garrison.
MEANING:
2. any large, plain building in which many people are lodged.
verb (used with object), verb (used without object) 3. to lodge in barracks.
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ETYMOLOGY: 1680–90; < French baraque, Middle French < Catalan barraca hut, of obscure origin
USAGE: 1. The granary in which the platoons were barracked.
2. opponents barracked him when he addressed the opening parliamentary session
SYNONYMS: Quonset hut, billet, bivouac, camp, cantonment, dormitory, encampment, enclosure, garrison, headquarters, hut, prefab, quarters, tent
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