barracks

nounnounverbcommon in dialogue

United Kingdom//ˈbæɹəks//
United States//ˈbæɹəks//
United States//ˈbɛ-//

A group of buildings used by military personnel as housing.

noun

1
Also a form of barrackplural of barrack.

noun

1
A group of buildings used by military personnel as housing.
There is a large barracks in this town and two other barracks are nearby.
Resendiz was last seen on May 29 in her barracks in Miller Hall at Naval Station Norfolk, according to a missing person’s alert issued by Virginia State Police on June 3.
2
Synonym of police station.
After calling everyone they could think of and coming up empty, Kellie filed a missing persons report with the Vermont State Police. Two days later, Kellie and Bruce drove to the State Police barracks in St Albans to drop off their daughter’s photographs.
3
A form of simple temporary on-site staff housing for construction workers.

verb

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Also a form of barrackthird-person singular simple present indicative of barrack

baron · The male ruler of a barony.Baron · A surname from French baroness · The wife of a baron.

barracks · A group of buildings used by military personnel as housing.

barred · Having bars; striped.barrel · A round (cylindrical) vessel, such as a cask, of greater…barren · Not bearing children, childless; hence also unable to bear…

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