noun

barracks

barracks

The soldiers returned to the barracks.

The soldiers returned to the barracks.

The old barracks is now a museum.

The old barracks is now a museum.

((barracks)) a building or group of buildings where soldiers live. The soldiers live in the barracks.

Synonyms: quarters, billet, garrison

From French 'baraque' ('hut'), via Spanish 'barraca'.

It looks like 'bar racks'. Imagine a building with bars on the windows and racks for guns.

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