Definition of "barrack" []

• To house (soldiers, for example) in quarters. (verb-transitive)
• A building or group of buildings used to house military personnel. Often used in the plural. (noun)
• A large, unadorned building used for temporary occupancy. Often used in the plural. (noun)
• Chiefly British To jeer or shout at a player, speaker, or team. (verb-intransitive)
• Australian To shout support for a team. (verb-intransitive)

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• "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."
• "The one large wooden barrack is divided into three spacious and well-aired sleeping rooms."
• "In the same barrack is a small mess-hall, a magazine for the Red"