barracks
Britishplural noun
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a building or group of buildings used to accommodate military personnel
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any large building used for housing people, esp temporarily
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a large and bleak building
Etymology
Origin of barracks
C17: from French baraque , from Old Catalan barraca hut, of uncertain origin
Example Sentences
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Some jumped in a car and drove to San Francisco to warn OpenAI, then changed their minds outside the office and drove back to the barracks instead.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 12, 2026
Requesting anonymity, the source emphasised that the Lebanese army was still present at the army barracks in Nabatieh city.
From Barron's ● Jun. 14, 2026
Taylor began getting more bookings in Europe, including a tour of British army barracks in Germany.
From BBC ● Jun. 12, 2026
On the first day of class, professor Reiko Hillyer writes a quote from French philosopher Michel Foucault on the board: Is it surprising that prisons resemble factories, schools, barracks, hospitals, which all resemble prisons?
From Slate ● May 27, 2026
Our barracks weren’t in the mud, but there was plenty of access for the mud to be in our barracks.
From "The Brightwood Code" by Monica Hesse
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