Barrack

The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • To house in barracks; lodge in barracks, as troops.
  • To lodge or reside in barracks.
  • To jeer at or deride opponents; specifically, with for (like the equivalent United States slang root), to support, as a partizan, by cheers, shouts, and other demonstrations of approval, or by jeering at and noisily disturbing and interrupting the opposite side or party: as, to barrack for the school team.
  • noun. A building for lodging soldiers, especially in garrison; a permanent building or range of buildings in which both officers and men are lodged in fortified towns or other places.
  • noun. A large building, or a collection of huts or cabins, especially within a common inclosure, in which large numbers of men are lodged.
  • noun. A straw-thatched roof supported by four posts, under which hay is kept, and which is capable of being raised or lowered at pleasure.
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • transitive verb. To supply with barracks; to establish in barracks.
  • noun. A building for soldiers, especially when in garrison. Commonly in the pl., originally meaning temporary huts, but now usually applied to a permanent structure or set of buildings.
  • noun. A movable roof sliding on four posts, to cover hay, straw, etc.
  • intransitive verb. To live or lodge in barracks.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • noun. A building for soldiers, especially within a garrison; originally referred to temporary huts, now usually to a permanent structure or set of buildings.
  • noun. primitive structure resembling a long shed or barn for (usually temporary) housing or other purposes
  • noun. any very plain, monotonous, or ugly large building
  • noun. A movable roof sliding on four posts, to cover hay, straw, etc.
  • noun. A police station.
  • verb. To house military personnel; to quarter.
  • verb. To live in barracks.
  • verb. To jeer and heckle; to attempt to disconcert by verbal means.
  • verb. To cheer for a team; to jeer at the opposition team or at the umpire (after an adverse decision).
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • verb. lodge in barracks
  • verb. laugh at with contempt and derision
  • noun. a building or group of buildings used to house military personnel
  • verb. spur on or encourage especially by cheers and shouts
  • Word Usage
    "The barrack is now a bit overcrowded, but the work is just building a special hut for the guards outside the barbed wire area which will give the POWs the disposition of the guards 'room and resolve thus the problem of overcrowding."