1
: a building or set of buildings used especially for lodging soldiers in garrison
—usually used in plural
2
a
: a structure resembling a shed or barn that provides temporary housing
—usually used in plural
b
: housing characterized by extreme plainness or dreary uniformity
—usually used in plural
barracked; barracking; barracks
barracker
noun
Examples of barrack in a Sentence
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Phillip Molnar, San Diego Union-Tribune, 9 May 2024
Wilkerson beat and strangled Gonzales to death inside her room at Fliegerhorst Kaserne, a former U.S. Army base and military barracks, on Nov. 3, 2001, the Justice Department said, citing court documents and evidence shown during the criminal trial.
—Emily Mae Czachor, CBS News, 8 May 2024
For weeks, the new guards have been training for the solemn occasion in the small courtyard within their small barracks tucked inside Vatican City gates.
—Phoebe Natanson, ABC News, 6 May 2024
During the processions, the Mazu statues have been known to stop at schools, military barracks, and, one year, a car dealership display room, whose employees hurriedly moved a vehicle from the spot where, the carriers told them, the goddess wished to rest.
—Amy Chang Chien Lam Yik Fei, New York Times, 3 May 2024
These weapons were used in attacks on West Belfast, a British army barracks in County Armagh and London’s Downing Street, where the IRA killed or injured dozens of police officers, government officials and innocent civilians.
—Theresa McKinney, Smithsonian Magazine, 25 Apr. 2024
In conjunction with the University of Denver, the park will offer a service to help family members find the barracks of individuals who were incarcerated at Camp Amache.
—Emi Tuyetnhi Tran, NBC News, 16 Feb. 2024
On the market with both Knight Frank and Savills for a spine-tingling £42 million (or about $53.2 million), the swanky Belgravia residence is nestled within Chelsea Barracks, a former British Army barracks that’s been converted into an award-winning residential development.
—Abby Montanez, Robb Report, 10 Apr. 2024
From the Archives travels today up to North County for this shot of the Camp Pendleton barracks in 1951 against the backdrop of Southern California coastal hills.
—U-T Staff, San Diego Union-Tribune, 8 Apr. 2024
Jason Farago, New York Times, 26 Mar. 2020
Army barracks torn down, new housing to come The Glendale campus was originally a U.S. Army air-training base for World War II.
—Jen Fifield, azcentral, 16 June 2019
Some 200 people were quickly evacuated from campgrounds in the fire's path in addition to 80 children who were trapped in a camp barracks Saturday.
—CBS News, 10 July 2017
The Marine veteran used some of his time while in the Wounded Warrior barracks to take writing, filmmaking and business classes, with an eye toward this future.
—Jeanette Steele, sandiegouniontribune.com, 22 June 2017
The military would not permit reporters to wait near the gate to the prison barracks complex.
—Charlie Savage, New York Times, 16 May 2017
Noun
The sale would include 28 buildings, a mix of former Army barracks turned into apartments and single-family homes, as well as commercial properties.
—Phillip Molnar, San Diego Union-Tribune, 9 May 2024
Wilkerson beat and strangled Gonzales to death inside her room at Fliegerhorst Kaserne, a former U.S. Army base and military barracks, on Nov. 3, 2001, the Justice Department said, citing court documents and evidence shown during the criminal trial.
—Emily Mae Czachor, CBS News, 8 May 2024
For weeks, the new guards have been training for the solemn occasion in the small courtyard within their small barracks tucked inside Vatican City gates.
—Phoebe Natanson, ABC News, 6 May 2024
During the processions, the Mazu statues have been known to stop at schools, military barracks, and, one year, a car dealership display room, whose employees hurriedly moved a vehicle from the spot where, the carriers told them, the goddess wished to rest.
—Amy Chang Chien Lam Yik Fei, New York Times, 3 May 2024
These weapons were used in attacks on West Belfast, a British army barracks in County Armagh and London’s Downing Street, where the IRA killed or injured dozens of police officers, government officials and innocent civilians.
—Theresa McKinney, Smithsonian Magazine, 25 Apr. 2024
In conjunction with the University of Denver, the park will offer a service to help family members find the barracks of individuals who were incarcerated at Camp Amache.
—Emi Tuyetnhi Tran, NBC News, 16 Feb. 2024
On the market with both Knight Frank and Savills for a spine-tingling £42 million (or about $53.2 million), the swanky Belgravia residence is nestled within Chelsea Barracks, a former British Army barracks that’s been converted into an award-winning residential development.
—Abby Montanez, Robb Report, 10 Apr. 2024
From the Archives travels today up to North County for this shot of the Camp Pendleton barracks in 1951 against the backdrop of Southern California coastal hills.
—U-T Staff, San Diego Union-Tribune, 8 Apr. 2024
Verb
For New Yorkers barracked in our houses and apartments, or doctors and nurses scrambling for face masks, beseeching a saint to end an epidemic may not sound sufficient.
—Jason Farago, New York Times, 26 Mar. 2020
Army barracks torn down, new housing to come The Glendale campus was originally a U.S. Army air-training base for World War II.
—Jen Fifield, azcentral, 16 June 2019
Some 200 people were quickly evacuated from campgrounds in the fire's path in addition to 80 children who were trapped in a camp barracks Saturday.
—CBS News, 10 July 2017
The Marine veteran used some of his time while in the Wounded Warrior barracks to take writing, filmmaking and business classes, with an eye toward this future.
—Jeanette Steele, sandiegouniontribune.com, 22 June 2017
The military would not permit reporters to wait near the gate to the prison barracks complex.
—Charlie Savage, New York Times, 16 May 2017
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