1
: a building or set of buildings used especially for lodging soldiers in garrison
—usually used in plural
2
a
: a structure resembling a shed or barn that provides temporary housing
—usually used in plural
b
: housing characterized by extreme plainness or dreary uniformity
—usually used in plural
barracked; barracking; barracks
barracker
noun
Examples of barrack in a Sentence
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Theresa McKinney, Smithsonian Magazine, 25 Apr. 2024
In conjunction with the University of Denver, the park will offer a service to help family members find the barracks of individuals who were incarcerated at Camp Amache.
—Emi Tuyetnhi Tran, NBC News, 16 Feb. 2024
On the market with both Knight Frank and Savills for a spine-tingling £42 million (or about $53.2 million), the swanky Belgravia residence is nestled within Chelsea Barracks, a former British Army barracks that’s been converted into an award-winning residential development.
—Abby Montanez, Robb Report, 10 Apr. 2024
From the Archives travels today up to North County for this shot of the Camp Pendleton barracks in 1951 against the backdrop of Southern California coastal hills.
—U-T Staff, San Diego Union-Tribune, 8 Apr. 2024
The sound of club striking ball from between the barracks may as well have been a dinner bell for avid golfer Ward-Thomas, who — soon followed by other prisoners — approached Smith for a piece of the action.
—Jack Bantock, CNN, 9 Mar. 2024
On several occasions, the guards locked Tokunaga and his friends in their barracks.
—Jonathan Van Harmelen, The Mercury News, 19 Mar. 2024
Three installations in Germany would also receive new barracks, while projects would also be planned for Parks Reserve Forces Training Center, California, and Fort Buchanan, Puerto Rico, on the reserve side.
—Michael Lee, Fox News, 18 Mar. 2024
In 1953, George Weltner, head of international distribution for Paramount, suggested to Billy Wilder that the Nazi spy who infiltrated the American POW barracks in Stalag 17 (1953) be changed to a Polish spy for release in the German market.
—Thomas Doherty, The Hollywood Reporter, 29 Feb. 2024
Jason Farago, New York Times, 26 Mar. 2020
Army barracks torn down, new housing to come The Glendale campus was originally a U.S. Army air-training base for World War II.
—Jen Fifield, azcentral, 16 June 2019
Some 200 people were quickly evacuated from campgrounds in the fire's path in addition to 80 children who were trapped in a camp barracks Saturday.
—CBS News, 10 July 2017
The Marine veteran used some of his time while in the Wounded Warrior barracks to take writing, filmmaking and business classes, with an eye toward this future.
—Jeanette Steele, sandiegouniontribune.com, 22 June 2017
The military would not permit reporters to wait near the gate to the prison barracks complex.
—Charlie Savage, New York Times, 16 May 2017
Noun
These weapons were used in attacks on West Belfast, a British army barracks in County Armagh and London’s Downing Street, where the IRA killed or injured dozens of police officers, government officials and innocent civilians.
—Theresa McKinney, Smithsonian Magazine, 25 Apr. 2024
In conjunction with the University of Denver, the park will offer a service to help family members find the barracks of individuals who were incarcerated at Camp Amache.
—Emi Tuyetnhi Tran, NBC News, 16 Feb. 2024
On the market with both Knight Frank and Savills for a spine-tingling £42 million (or about $53.2 million), the swanky Belgravia residence is nestled within Chelsea Barracks, a former British Army barracks that’s been converted into an award-winning residential development.
—Abby Montanez, Robb Report, 10 Apr. 2024
From the Archives travels today up to North County for this shot of the Camp Pendleton barracks in 1951 against the backdrop of Southern California coastal hills.
—U-T Staff, San Diego Union-Tribune, 8 Apr. 2024
The sound of club striking ball from between the barracks may as well have been a dinner bell for avid golfer Ward-Thomas, who — soon followed by other prisoners — approached Smith for a piece of the action.
—Jack Bantock, CNN, 9 Mar. 2024
On several occasions, the guards locked Tokunaga and his friends in their barracks.
—Jonathan Van Harmelen, The Mercury News, 19 Mar. 2024
Three installations in Germany would also receive new barracks, while projects would also be planned for Parks Reserve Forces Training Center, California, and Fort Buchanan, Puerto Rico, on the reserve side.
—Michael Lee, Fox News, 18 Mar. 2024
In 1953, George Weltner, head of international distribution for Paramount, suggested to Billy Wilder that the Nazi spy who infiltrated the American POW barracks in Stalag 17 (1953) be changed to a Polish spy for release in the German market.
—Thomas Doherty, The Hollywood Reporter, 29 Feb. 2024
Verb
For New Yorkers barracked in our houses and apartments, or doctors and nurses scrambling for face masks, beseeching a saint to end an epidemic may not sound sufficient.
—Jason Farago, New York Times, 26 Mar. 2020
Army barracks torn down, new housing to come The Glendale campus was originally a U.S. Army air-training base for World War II.
—Jen Fifield, azcentral, 16 June 2019
Some 200 people were quickly evacuated from campgrounds in the fire's path in addition to 80 children who were trapped in a camp barracks Saturday.
—CBS News, 10 July 2017
The Marine veteran used some of his time while in the Wounded Warrior barracks to take writing, filmmaking and business classes, with an eye toward this future.
—Jeanette Steele, sandiegouniontribune.com, 22 June 2017
The military would not permit reporters to wait near the gate to the prison barracks complex.
—Charlie Savage, New York Times, 16 May 2017
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