What is another word for barracks?

Pronunciation: [bˈaɹəks] (IPA)

Barracks refers to a building or group of buildings used to house military personnel. Synonyms for barracks include camp, quarters, lodgings, billet, garrison, and base. A camp refers to a temporary shelter or accommodation. Quarters refer to living arrangements for military personnel. Lodgings refer to a place where people sleep or stay temporarily. Billet refers to the placement of a soldier in a private home or non-military accommodation. Garrison refers to a fortified military post, while a base refers to a permanent military installation. Overall, these synonyms for barracks emphasize the importance of secure and comfortable housing for military personnel.

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Usage examples for Barracks

In the latter place there were houses of several stories built of brick and stone; there was a "mudirya," that is, a Governor's palace in which the heroic Gordon had perished; there were a church, a hospital, missionary buildings, an arsenal, great barracks for the troops and a large number of greater and smaller gardens with magnificent tropical plants.
"In Desert and Wilderness"
Henryk Sienkiewicz
Then I checked servo barracks; it was still early and I knew the other servos would all be in town.
"The Love of Frank Nineteen"
David Carpenter Knight
The house is convenient to the barracks.
"Contemporary One-Act Plays Compiler: B. Roland Lewis"
Sir James M. Barrie George Middleton Althea Thurston Percy Mackaye Lady Augusta Gregor Eugene Pillot Anton Tchekov Bosworth Crocker Alfred Kreymborg Paul Greene Arthur Hopkins Paul Hervieu Jeannette Marks Oscar M. Wolff David Pinski Beulah Bornstead Herma

Famous quotes with Barracks

  • We had times in '66 and '67 when we would pick up a platoon of privates out of the receiving barracks the week before we even graduated the platoon that we were on!
    R. Lee Ermey
  • But the same thing was true in the army. You slept in a barracks with all kinds of people of every nationality, every trade, every character and quality you can imagine, and that was a good experience.
    Shelby Foote
  • And on a Canadian set, everybody is equal. You get paid the same. You live together in barracks. You have a communal kitchen. You buy and cook your own food.
    Sandra Oh
  • It may sound a bit like an army barracks, but the truth of the matter is: there must be some time laid aside for arranging, time for working on either a book or an article - I've written two articles in the last four months for the New York Times book review section.
    Mel Torme
  • I saw Anne and her sister Margot again in the barracks. Her parents weren't there. The Frank girls were almost unrecognizable since their hair had been cut off. They were much balder then we were; how that could be I don't know. And they were cold, just like the rest of us. (...) The Frank girls were so emaciated. They looked terrible. They had their little squabbles, caused by their illness, because it was clear that they had typhus. You could tell even if you had never had anything to do with that before. Typhus was the hallmark of Bergen-Belsen. They had those hollowed-out faces, skin over bone. They were terribly cold. They had the least desirable places in the barracks, below, near the door, which was constantly opened and closed. You heard them constantly screaming, "Close the door, close the door," and the voices became weaker every day. You could really see both of them dying, as well as others.
    Rachel van Amerongen-Frankfoorder

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