Synonyms

Quonset hut

American

[kwon-sit] / ˈkwɒn sɪt /

Trademark.

a semicylindrical metal shelter having end walls, usually serving as a barracks, storage shed, or the like, developed for the U.S. military forces from the British Nissen hut at Quonset Naval Base in Rhode Island.

Quonset hut British

/ ˈkwɒnsɪt /

noun

Brit equivalent: Nissen hut. a military shelter made of corrugated steel sheet, having a semicircular cross section

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Quonset hut

After a long search for the right location, Hodges discovered a Quonset hut on Cedros Avenue in Solana Beach.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 19, 2024

The Quonset hut, now painted vivid green, never was truly a museum and is currently used as convenient storage for the cafe, though on the outside, it still dresses the part.

From Seattle Times ● May 6, 2024

At the Carnegie Museum of Natural History, there are approximately 76,000 containers of ethanol specimens, mostly stored in a World War-II-era Quonset hut, which is made from corrugated steel and is uninsulated.

From Salon ● Jul. 7, 2023

We’re in the “Twelve O’Clock High” Quonset hut.

From The New Yorker ● Oct. 28, 2019

He slipped the letter into his Greek-English dictionary and carried both to the incinerator behind the Quonset hut.

From "Middlesex: A Novel" by Jeffrey Eugenides

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