bunkhouse

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/ˈbʌŋkˌhaʊs/

noun

A building providing sleeping quarters for workers or guests, especially in a rural setting.

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Meanings

nounbunkhouse (plural bunkhouses)

plural bunkhouses · alternative bunk house

  1. A building providing sleeping quarters for workers or guests, especially in a rural setting.

    The men resided in a huge bunk house, which consisted of one room only, with a shack outside where the cooking was done. In the large room were a dozen bunks ; half of them in a very dishevelled state, […]

    1913, Robert Barr, chapter 6, in Lord Stranleigh Abroad

Origin

From bunk + house.

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Translations

Chinese Mandarin 工棚, 工寮
  • 工棚 (gōngpéng)A building providing sleeping quarters for workers
  • 工寮 (gōngliáo)A building providing sleeping quarters for workers
Russian общежи́тие, бара́к
  • общежи́тие (obščežítije)A building providing sleeping quarters for workers
  • бара́к (barák)A building providing sleeping quarters for workers
Spanish barracón
  • barracónA building providing sleeping quarters for workers
Cite this entry
APA

bunkhouse. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/bunkhouse

MLA

“bunkhouse.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/bunkhouse. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “bunkhouse,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/bunkhouse.

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