barak — meaning in English

English meaning

• barrack noun A large, plain building used to house soldiers or other groups of people.
• shanty noun A small, roughly built hut or shack, often makeshift.

Senses

barak is used for these senses in English:

• barrack (military, chiefly, in the plural) A building for soldiers, especially within a garrison; originally referred to temporary huts, now usually to a permanent structure or set of buildings.

barrack — full definition

1. noun A large, plain building used to house soldiers or other groups of people.
2. verb To house someone in a barrack, or to live in one.
3. verb (chiefly British and Australian) To shout support for, or jeer at, a team or speaker.

shanty — full definition

1. noun A small, roughly built hut or shack, often makeshift.
2. noun A rhythmic work song traditionally sung by sailors to keep time while doing physical labour on a ship.

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