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Definition of barrack
1 : a building or set of buildings used especially for lodging soldiers in garrison
2a : a structure resembling a shed or barn that provides temporary housingb : housing characterized by extreme plainness or dreary uniformity —usually used in plural in all senses
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The suspect was taken to the JFK barrack for processing.
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Experts say the Rome ruins might be from an aristocrat’s home at the foot of the nearby Celian Hill or from a nearby military barracks, which itself had been explored in other excavations for the subway line.
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Experts say the Rome ruins might be from an aristocrat's home at the foot of the nearby Celian Hill or from a nearby military barracks, which itself had been explored in other excavations for the subway line.
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Every state police barracks and police department has a drug lock box where people can dispose of unused medications.
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In addition to hiring a new fire chief, Linehan said, the Gurnee Fire Department plans to convert some its barracks to accommodate female firefighters.
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There is also a Confederate research library and a full-scale replica of a Civil War barracks.
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Here, on three shady acres, zoned for commercial use, were two beat-up barracks and a deck that hung over the South Umpqua River.
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OTHER FACTORS: Anyone prisoner assigned to live at the State Police barracks must carry a recommendation from the warden of the prison where he was incarcerated.
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Origin and Etymology of barrack
French baraque hut, from Catalan barraca
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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.
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The military would not permit reporters to wait near the gate to the prison barracks complex.
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First Known Use of barrack
1701
Recent Examples of barrack from the Web
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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.
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The military would not permit reporters to wait near the gate to the prison barracks complex.
These example sentences are selected automatically from various online news sources to reflect current usage of the word 'barrack'. Views expressed in the examples do not represent the opinion of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback.
Origin and Etymology of barrack
perhaps from dialect (northern Ireland) barrack to brag
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: a building or group of buildings in which soldiers live —usually used in pl.
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