During basic training and initial job training, all enlisted service members are required to live in the barracks When service members move to their permanent duty station, only single members are required to live in barracks. Barracks, military housing facility, usually spoken of, or written of, in the plural. Definition of barracks noun in oxford advanced learner's dictionary Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more. The armed forces generally (definition of barracks from the cambridge advanced learner's dictionary & thesaurus © cambridge university press)
To lodge in barracks barrack 3 of 3 verb (2) barracked Barracks transitive verb chiefly british To shout at derisively or sarcastically A building or group of buildings used to accommodate military personnel See examples of barracks used in a sentence. Schofield barracks arts & crafts center
Barracks were originally a temporary shelter or hut [1] but are now better known as specialized buildings for permanent military accommodation The word may apply to separate housing blocks or to complete complexes.
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