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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Quonset hut

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

In 1949, artist Richard Saar and his brother William opened a ceramic studio in a small Quonset hut in El Segundo.

From Los Angeles Times ● May 17, 2018

We walked around the Quonset hut, through the rows of adult trees, and out to the baby trees—the Golden Dawn tangerines.

From "Tangerine" by Edward Bloor