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barracks
(redirected from Military barracks)

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bar·rack 1  (brk)
tr.v. bar·racked, bar·rack·ing, bar·racks
To house (soldiers, for example) in quarters.
n.
1. A building or group of buildings used to house military personnel. Often used in the plural.
2. A large, unadorned building used for temporary occupancy. Often used in the plural.

[From French baraques, barracks, from Spanish barracas, soldiers' tents or huts.]

bar·rack 2  (brk)
v. bar·racked, bar·rack·ing, bar·racks
v.intr.
1. Chiefly British To jeer or shout at a player, speaker, or team.
2. Australian To shout support for a team.
v.tr. Chiefly British
To shout against; jeer at.

[Perhaps from Irish dialectal barrack, to brag; akin to brag.]

barrack·er n.

barracks [ˈbærəks]
pl n (sometimes singular; when plural, sometimes functions as singular)
1. (Military) a building or group of buildings used to accommodate military personnel
2. any large building used for housing people, esp temporarily
3. a large and bleak building
[from French baraque, from Old Catalan barraca hut, of uncertain origin]
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
barracks
plural noun camp, quarters, garrison, encampment, billet, cantonment, casern an army barracks in the north of the city
Translations
barracks [ˈbærəks] NPL
1. (Mil) → cuartel msing
confined to barracksarrestado en cuartel
2. (= house) → caserón m
a great barracks of a place (Brit) → una casa enorme, un caserón

barracks [ˈbærəks] nplcaserne f

barracks
pl (often with sing vb, Mil) → Kaserne f; (fig pej also)Mietskaserne f; to live in barracksin der Kaserne wohnen
attr barracks lifeKasernenleben nt; barrack(s) squareKasernenhof m

barracks [ˈbærəks] nplcaserma sg
confined to barracks → consegnato/a in caserma

barracks
n sg or pl barracks [ˈbӕrəks]
a building or buildings for housing soldiers confined to barracks (= not allowed to leave the barracks). barak, kaserne ثَكَنَةٌ عَسْكَريّه казарми kasárny kaserne; barak die Kaserne στρατώνας cuartel kasarm(ud) پادگان parakki caserne בִּיתָן बैरक vojarna laktanya barak hermannaskáli caserma 兵舎 병영 kareivinės kazarmas berek askar kazerne kaserne, brakke koszary caserna cazarmă, baracă казармы kasárne kasarna baraka kasern โรงหรืออาคารใหญ่เป็นที่พักทหาร kışla 兵營 казарма فوجیوں کی رہائش گاہ doanh trại


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