bunkhouses

noun

plural of bunkhouse
as in dormitories

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  1. campgrounds
  2. camps
  3. boardinghouses
  4. motels
Noun
  • The Davis family splits their time across campgrounds, RV parks and RV resorts — luxury campgrounds with heated pools, live entertainment, bars and play areas for kids.
    — Luke Chinman, PEOPLE, 24 July 2026
  • In the north’s Nabesna District, there’s the less-trodden Nabesna Road, a rugged 42-mile route that leads to trails, campgrounds, and a remote wilderness lodge.
    — Stephanie Vermillion, Travel + Leisure, 23 July 2026
Definition of campgrounds
Noun
  • Ali Qader, the head of the rehabilitation center, said several children told him Colombians trained them at camps around the capital.
    — Sam Mednick, Los Angeles Times, 3 Aug. 2026
  • Defensive tackle Cam Heyward's first 15 camps were defined in part by what Tomlin likened to full-on sparring as opposed to shadowboxing.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 2 Aug. 2026
Definition of camps
Noun
  • By the eve of World War I, Opatija boasted 24 hotels, 36 boardinghouses, and 12 sanatoriums attended by 80 physicians.
    — Kevin West, Travel + Leisure, 8 May 2026
  • Behind Jovan, the posse breaks into boardinghouses, yanks a miner from behind a grocery counter, shoots another dead in his home.
    — Masha Hamilton, Longreads, 19 Feb. 2026
Definition of boardinghouses
Noun
  • Sierra Fitzpatrick of Step up on Second, the nonprofit the city contracts with to run the motels, referred The Bee to the city and the motel.
    — Theresa Clift, Sacbee.com, 8 June 2026
  • And our best times at motels were spent swimming in the dark in the motel pool.
    — Anne Carson, New Yorker, 21 Aug. 2025
Definition of motels
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