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bunkhouse

/ˈbʌŋkˌhaʊs/

bunkhouse noun: a building providing sleeping quarters for workers or guests, especially in a rural setting.

Noun

bunkhouse (plural bunkhouses)

  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 of bunkhouse

pluralbunkhouses
alternative formbunk house

Origin of bunkhouse

From bunk + house.

Questions about bunkhouse

What does bunkhouse mean?
Bunkhouse means a building providing sleeping quarters for workers or guests, especially in a rural setting.
What part of speech is bunkhouse?
Bunkhouse is a noun.
How do you pronounce bunkhouse?
Bunkhouse is pronounced /ˈbʌŋkˌhaʊs/.
What is the plural of bunkhouse?
The plural of bunkhouse is bunkhouses.

Words near bunkhouse in the dictionary

  1. Bunkers Hill
  2. bunkers out
  3. bunkers up
  4. Bunkerville
  5. Bunkes
  6. bunkhouse
  7. bunkhouses
  8. bunkie
  9. bunkies
  10. bunking
  11. bunking down

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