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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“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 • Nov. 23, 2025

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 • May 18, 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

I remember standing in the back of the Quonset hut that was the Masters press building and seeing Dan pause from his typewriter and slowly look around the room.

From Golf Digest • Apr. 6, 2020

He shook hands with both of us and continued on into the Quonset hut.

From "Tangerine" by Edward Bloor

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