barrack.
A building for soldiers, especially within a garrison; originally referred to temporary huts, now usually to a permanent structure or set of buildings.
Meaning & usage
A building for soldiers, especially within a garrison; originally referred to temporary huts, now usually to a permanent structure or set of buildings.
A primitive structure resembling a long shed or barn for (usually temporary) housing or other purposes.
Any very plain, monotonous, or ugly large building.
A (structure with a) movable roof sliding on four posts, to cover hay, straw, etc.
A police station.
Where this word comes from
Borrowed from French baraque, from Spanish barraca or Catalan barraca, which is of uncertain origin. It is probably either a diminutive of Vulgar Latin *barra (“bar”), of unclear origin, or a diminutive of Vulgar Latin *barrum (“clay, mud”) from Celtiberian or Paleo-Hispanic.
To house military personnel; to quarter.
To live in barracks.
Where this word comes from
Borrowed from French baraque, from Spanish barraca or Catalan barraca, which is of uncertain origin. It is probably either a diminutive of Vulgar Latin *barra (“bar”), of unclear origin, or a diminutive of Vulgar Latin *barrum (“clay, mud”) from Celtiberian or Paleo-Hispanic.
To jeer and heckle; to attempt to disconcert by verbal means.
To cheer for or support a team.
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