barracks
(bærəks )
Word forms: barracks
countable noun [oft in names]
A barracks is a building or group of buildings where soldiers or other members of the armed forces live and work.
…an army barracks in the north of the city.
Image of barracks
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Collocations:
military barracks
The proposals would also allow premises such as prisons and military barracks to be pressed into service as schools.
Times, Sunday Times (2010)
The shameful condition of military barracks exposes the reality of life for our fighting men and women.
The Sun (2008)
For a week we were installed in a military barracks.
Times, Sunday Times (2006)
Football stadiums and military barracks are makeshift camps where hundreds queue for food.
The Sun (2016)
This is not a military unit, not a military barracks.
Times, Sunday Times (2008)
Translations:
Chinese: 营房
Japanese: 兵舎
- police corruption
- police crackdown
- police cruiser
- police department
- police detachment
- police detain
- police detective
- police detention
- police discretion
- police dispatcher
- police disperse
- police dog
- police dragnet
- police enforce
- police force
- police guard
- police handcuff
- police incident
- police informant
- police informer
- police inquiry
- police intervene
- police interview
- police investigate
- police investigator