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Barracks

Barracks are usually a group of long buildings built to house military personnel or laborers. The English word comes via French from an old Spanish word "barraca" (hut), originally referring to temporary shelters or huts for various people and animals, but today barracks are usually permanent buildings for military accommodation.

Barrack

To house (soldiers, for example) in quarters.

Barracks

To house (soldiers, for example) in quarters.

Barrack

Chiefly British To jeer or shout at a player, speaker, or team.

Barracks

Chiefly British To jeer or shout at a player, speaker, or team.

Barrack

(Australian) To shout support for a team.
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Barracks

(Australian) To shout support for a team.

Barrack

To shout against; jeer at.

Barracks

To shout against; jeer at.

Barrack

A building or group of buildings used to house military personnel.

Barracks

A building or group of buildings used to house military personnel.

Barrack

A large, unadorned building used for temporary occupancy.
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Barracks

A large, unadorned building used for temporary occupancy.

Barrack

A building for soldiers, especially within a garrison; originally referred to temporary huts, now usually to a permanent structure or set of buildings.

Barracks

Plural of barrack.

Barrack

A primitive structure resembling a long shed or barn for (usually temporary) housing or other purposes.

Barracks

(military) A group of buildings used by military personnel as housing.
There is a large barracks in this town and two other barracks are nearby.

Barrack

Any very plain, monotonous, or ugly large building.

Barrack

(US) A (structure with a) movable roof sliding on four posts, to cover hay, straw, etc.

Barrack

A police station.

Barrack

(transitive) To house military personnel; to quarter.

Barrack

(intransitive) To live in barracks.

Barrack

To jeer and heckle; to attempt to disconcert by verbal means.

Barrack

To cheer for or support a team.

Barrack

A building for soldiers, especially when in garrison. Commonly in the pl., originally meaning temporary huts, but now usually applied to a permanent structure or set of buildings.
He lodged in a miserable hut or barrack, composed of dry branches and thatched with straw.

Barrack

A movable roof sliding on four posts, to cover hay, straw, etc.

Barrack

To supply with barracks; to establish in barracks; as, to barrack troops.

Barrack

To live or lodge in barracks.

Barrack

A building used to house military personnel

Barrack

Lodge in barracks

Barrack

Urge on or encourage especially by shouts;
The crowd cheered the demonstrating strikers

Barrack

Laugh at with contempt and derision;
The crowd jeered at the speaker

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