bunkroom

American  

[buhngk-room, ‑-room] / ˈbʌŋkˌrum, ‑ˌrʊm /

Or bunk-room

noun

1. temporary sleeping quarters, especially for travelers.

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Etymology

Origin of bunkroom

1845–50; bunk ¹ ( def. ) + room ( def. )

Example Sentences

In the case of the Conception, the scuba diving boat where an inferno trapped 33 passengers and one crew member in the bunkroom below deck off Santa Barbara three years ago, the boat was a total loss.

From Seattle Times

They claimed he saved himself “rather than attempting to save the 33 passengers and one crewmember who were still alive in the ship’s bunkroom” below deck.

From Los Angeles Times

The lawsuit said the boat’s fire detection and suppression systems were out of compliance, and the two means of escape from the bunkroom violated Coast Guard regulations because they led to the same place.

From Seattle Times

We learn about his circumscribed life at the warehouse, where he lives with the other delivery boys — never delivery men, no matter what age — in a bunkroom off the packaging floor, all laboring vainly to work off the cost of their beds, meals, bikes and phones, as well as the fare for their harrowing trip to what they had hoped was freedom.

From New York Times

Some inmates refused to leave the bunkroom amid concerns they would be exposed to the virus at the center’s medical unit, investigators found.

From Seattle Times