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barrack1 /barˈək/ noun- (usu in pl, often behaving as sing) a building for soldiers, esp in a garrison
- A huge, plain, often bleak, building, esp for housing many persons
transitive verb and intransitive verb To lodge in barracks ORIGIN: Fr baraque, from Ital baracca, or Sp barraca tent barrˈack-room adjective (of humour, etc) somewhat coarse barrack-room lawyer noun - An argumentative soldier given to disputing military procedure
- Hence any insistent but unqualified giver of advice
barrack square noun - A military drilling yard
- Strictness, rigorous training
adjective Strict, rigorous confined to barracks - Of soldiers, not allowed out of the barracks when off duty, as a punishment
- Extended to general use, esp of children, confined to the house or school as a punishment
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