barracks

English

German barracks for troops of Bundespolizei in Frankfurt, Germany.

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˈbæɹəks/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /ˈbæɹəks/, /ˈbɛ-/

• Audio (General American):

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• Hyphenation: bar‧racks

Noun

barracks

1. plural of barrack.

Noun

barracks (plural barracks)

2. (military) A group of buildings used by military personnel as housing.

   There is a large barracks in this town and two other barracks are nearby.

   • 2025 June 13, Rosa Flores, “Missing Navy sailor found dead in Virginia, another sailor in custody”, in CNN‎^[1], archived from the original on 20 July 2025:

     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.

3. Synonym of police station.
   • 2026 July 16, Nicholas Muhoro, “Inside the 2004 Brianna Maitland Case: One of Vermont’s Most Haunting Mysteries”, in Skip Boring‎^[2], archived from the original on 21 July 2026:

     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.

4. (Philippines) A form of simple temporary on-site staff housing for construction workers.

Derived terms

• barracks bag
• barracks bunny
• barracks communism
• barracks emperor
• barracks lawyer
• barracks rat

Translations

buildings used by military personnel — see barrack

See also

• dormitory

Verb

barracks

1. third-person singular simple present indicative of barrack

Further reading

• barracks on Wikipedia.Wikipedia