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Dormitory vs Barracks - What's the difference?

dormitory | barracks |

As nouns the difference between dormitory and barracks

is that dormitory is a room containing a number of beds (and often some other furniture and/or utilities) for sleeping, often applied to student and backpacker accommodation of this kind common abbreviation: dorm while barracks is .

As a verb barracks is

(barrack).

dormitory

English

(wikipedia dormitory)

Noun

(dormitories)
  • A room containing a number of beds (and often some other furniture and/or utilities) for sleeping, often applied to student and backpacker accommodation of this kind. Common abbreviation: dorm
  • A building or part of a building which houses students, soldiers, monks etc. who sleep there and use communal further facilities.
  • Short for dormitory town, a suburban or rural settlement housing city workers
    • (Dormitory town)

    Synonyms

    * Common abbreviation: dorm

    Related terms

    * dorm * dormant * dormitive * dormition

    See also

    * dorter, dortoir, dortour

    External links

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    barracks

    English

    (wikipedia barracks)

    Noun

    (head)
  • A group of buildings used by military personnel as housing

    • Verb

    (head)
  • (barrack)