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plural
- 1. a large building or group of buildings used to house soldiers: "the troops were ordered back to barracks"
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The meaning of BARRACK is a building or set of buildings used especially for lodging soldiers in garrison —usually used in plural.
a building or group of buildings where soldiers live: The 15 tents were normally used as barracks for Marines.
BARRACK definition: 1. to shout loudly in order to interrupt someone that you disagree with: 2. to shout loudly in…. Learn more.
Barrack definition: a building or group of buildings for lodging soldiers, especially in garrison.. See examples of BARRACK used in a sentence.
Barracks definition: a building or group of buildings used to accommodate military personnel. See examples of BARRACKS used in a sentence.
A barracks is a building or group of buildings where soldiers or other members of the armed forces live and work.
Definition of barracks noun in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.
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. [C17: from French baraque, from Old Catalan barraca hut, of uncertain origin]
Late 18th century barracks from the reign of George III, Edinburgh Castle, Scotland. Barracks are buildings used to accommodate military personnel. The English word originates from the 17th century via French and Italian from an old Spanish word barraca 'soldier's tent', [1] but today barracks are usually permanent buildings.
A barrack is a building where military personnel live. It’s usually used in the plural, as barracks. It’s also a verb — when soldiers lodge in barracks, they barrack there.
