Quonset hut

American  

[kwon-sit] / ˈkwɒn sɪt /

Trademark.

1. 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.

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Quonset hut British  

/ ˈkwɒnsɪt /

noun

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

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Example Sentences

“It started out as two trams and a Quonset hut on Lankershim Boulevard,” Stein told The Times in a 2023 interview.

From Los Angeles Times

After 50 years, Hodges still owns the Quonset hut that houses the club.

From Los Angeles Times

The winery’s centerpiece is a Quonset hut, once a tractor and farm equipment storage shed turned into a rustic chic event space.

From Seattle Times

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

Tom, who refers to himself as “The Surf God” and eschews Mindy’s bourgeois crowd as “kooks,” convinces Ginger to camp in his sand-bound Quonset hut and steal food for him as he pursues dead-end schemes.

From Los Angeles Times