Meanings
barracks1
- pluralplural of barrack.
- governmentA group of buildings used by military personnel as housing.
There is a large barracks in this town and two other barracks are nearby.
1 more example
Resendiz was last seen on May 29 in her barracks in Miller Hall at Naval Station Norfolk, according to a missing person’s alert issued by Virginia State Police on June 3.
2025 June 13, Rosa Flores, “Missing Navy sailor found dead in Virginia, another sailor in custody”, in CNN, archived from the original on 20 Jul 2025 - Synonym of police station.
After calling everyone they could think of and coming up empty, Kellie filed a missing persons report with the Vermont State Police. Two days later, Kellie and Bruce drove to the State Police barracks in St Albans to drop off their daughter’s photographs.
2026 July 16, Nicholas Muhoro, “Inside the 2004 Brianna Maitland Case: One of Vermont’s Most Haunting Mysteries”, in Skip Boring, archived from the original on 21 Jul 2026Synonyms: police station
- PhilippinesA form of simple temporary on-site staff housing for construction workers.
- indicativepresentsingularthird personthird-person singular simple present indicative of barrack
Barracks2
- pluralplural of Barrack
Synonyms & antonyms
nounSynonym of police station.
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barracks. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/barracks
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