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bunkhouse en · NOUN

Pronunciation

• /ˈbʌŋkˌhaʊs/

Etymology

From bunk + house.

Meanings

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:

Forms

Translations (7)

es barracón (A building providing sleeping quarters for workers) · ru общежи́тие (A building providing sleeping quarters for workers) · gl cafúa (A building providing sleeping quarters for workers) · ru бара́к (A building providing sleeping quarters for workers) · cmn 工寮 (A building providing sleeping quarters for workers) · sh baraka (A building providing sleeping quarters for workers) · cmn 工棚 (A building providing sleeping quarters for workers)