barracksbar‧racks /ˈbærəks/ noun [plural] 
Word Origin
Word OriginWORD ORIGINbarracks
ExamplesOrigin:
1600-1700 French baraque ‘small building’, from Catalan barracaEXAMPLES FROM THE CORPUS
word sets- Climbing the hill together. we stopped for a moment to look at the army barracks on the edge of town.
- He ordered two barracks torn down and a fountain constructed on the cement base of a latrine.
- Most of the reported deaths, however, were due to torture in both military barracks and police stations.
- New barracks are rising where dilapidated Navy quarters had been.
- Then another car, this time stopping so occupants could stare at the U. S. Air Force barracks.
- Western diplomats said army chief General Melvin Khanga permitted his chaplain to read the letter in barracks.
- With these exceptions, troops lived in barracks, and certainly the officers were rarely posted to their home territories.
WORD SETS► Army
Collocationsadjutant, nounarmoured, adjectivebarracks, nounbasic training, nounbatman, nounbattalion, nounbearskin, nounbillet, nounbillet, verbbombardier, nounbooty, nounbrigade, nounbrigadier, nounbrigadier-general, nouncadet, nouncanteen, nouncantonment, nouncapture, verbcavalry, nouncavalryman, nouncenturion, nouncharger, nounchevron, nounCol., colonel, nouncommand, nouncommando, nouncommissary, nouncompany, nouncontingent, nouncorps, noundesert, verbdeserter, noundesertion, noundetachment, noundetail, noundisengage, verbdishonourable discharge, noundivision, noundivisional, adjectivedog tag, noundraft, verbdragoon, noundrill, noundrill, verbdugout, nounencampment, nounexpeditionary force, nounfield marshal, nounfiring squad, nounfive star general, nounflank, nounfoot locker, nounforay, nounfour-star general, nounfusilier, noungarrison, noungarrison, verbGen., general, noungeneralship, nounGI, noungrenadier, nounground forces, noungrunt, nounguardsman, noungunner, nounhussar, nouninduct, verbinductee, nouninfantry, nouninfantryman, nounirregular, nounlance corporal, nounlegion, nounlegionary, nounlegionnaire, nounLieut, loot, nounLt., man-at-arms, nounmatériel, nounMC, nounmedic, nounmercenary, nounmess hall, nounMIA, nounM.O., nounmobilize, verbmotorized, adjectivemounted, adjectivemusketeer, nounmuster, nounnon-commissioned officer, nounobstacle course, nounparade, verbparade ground, nounparatrooper, nounparatroops, nounpennon, nounpicket, nounpicket, verbpip, nounplatoon, nounpoint man, nounposition, nounprivate, nounprivate soldier, nounPte, redcoat, nounregiment, nounregular, nounreservist, nounreveille, nounroute march, nounsapper, nounsarge, nounsignalman, nounsoldier, nounsoldiering, nounsoldierly, adjectivesoldier of fortune, nounsoldiery, nounsortie, nounsortie, verbspecial forces, nounsquad, nounsquaddy, nounstaff sergeant, nounstandard-bearer, nounstormtrooper, nounsubaltern, nounTerritorial Army, the, trench, nountroop, nountrooper, noun
COLLOCATIONS FROM THE CORPUSADJECTIVE► military
a building or group of buildings in which soldiers live· Most of the reported deaths, however, were due to torture in both military barracks and police stations.· The four were taken to the Aucayacu military barracks on 15 October.· Suchinda had resigned on May 24 and had subsequently sought sanctuary in a military barracks in Bangkok, the capital.
NOUN► army· Climbing the hill together. we stopped for a moment to look at the army barracks on the edge of town.· The only teacher-training school in the country has been converted into an army barracks, exacerbating the educational crisis.· Lord Apsley was nearly four times over the legal limit when he arrived for a function at an army barracks.· Dissident republicans tried to bomb an army barracks at Ballykelly, Co Londonderry, last week.· In Bechar, we took a wrong turning and drove to the gates of an army barracks.· Civilian activists are positioned around army barracks, tracking army units' movements and reporting to special emergency headquarters.· Hundreds of other families were sheltering in government buildings, police stations and army barracks.· Now, with this new director, everything is going to the army barracks.
VERB► live· They live in those barracks like animals.· Like other internees, they lived in hastily built barracks with little privacy or basic comforts.· We lived in a barracks in the End, barely saw the inside of the tube for ten weeks.· This camp, unlike the four earlier camps where I had lived, consisted of barracks rather than Quonset huts.· They live in barracks ... and are allowed a shilling a day upkeep.· They will live in barracks, eat food from local butchers, bakeries and dairies, and visit town on furlough.· Troops are encouraged to live outside the barracks.
► return· As he was one of our Corporals, the Military Police had sought him out and made him return to barracks.· At midnight, the servicemen returned to their barracks, while civilians continued the violence.· After this brutal episode, Woolridge returned to his barracks.· On Sunday evenings we would return to barracks in London and head home.· They agreed to return to their barracks after the government undertook to pay them their January and February salaries.· Guei had initially promised he would not run and would quickly return soldiers to their barracks.· Soon afterwards, the radio broadcast a message from Eyadema himself, calling on the soldiers to return to barracks.