Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- A trademark for a prefabricated portable hut having a semicircular roof of corrugated metal that curves down to form walls.
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- noun US A
prefabricated building having asemicircular roof ofcorrugated iron ; aQuonset hut .
Etymologies
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Examples
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"Quonset" hut -- I'm surprised your spell-checked didn't sound the alarm on that one.
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We have areas of the state, such as Quonset, that are ideally suited for business that can provide hundreds, possibly thousands, of jobs developing and manufacturing wind turbines, wave power generators, etc.
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When I was in art school in Athens it was in a Quonset Hut.
A Really Quick Draw on Pop Culture Bruce Bennett 2011
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That night, camped in a heated Quonset hut tent, we dined on moose stew, moose ball spaghetti, and spicy reindeer sausage, washed down with swigs of Yukon Jack.
Richard Bangs: So, You Think That's Cold? Richard Bangs 2011
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Heading back to the school, Stefan found Tyler and his group still lodged in the Quonset hut and attacked.
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“She said it was like you were living in a Quonset hut.”
A Light at Winter’s End Julia London 2011
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That night, camped in a heated Quonset hut tent, we dined on moose stew, moose ball spaghetti, and spicy reindeer sausage, washed down with swigs of Yukon Jack.
Richard Bangs: So, You Think That's Cold? Richard Bangs 2011
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Back on post, I drop my clothes on my bunk and, wearing only flip-flops and a towel, follow the perforated steel walkway to the latrine Quonset and stand under the hot water for a long while, thinking about my short-timer's calendar.
The Korean Bargain Barry Basden 2011
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He was the rare producer who owned his studio — a Quonset hut alongside his house in Nashville — recorded Brenda Lee, Loretta Lynn, Bill Monroe, Jim Reeves, Conway Twitty and Patsy Cline, including her hits "Crazy," "I Fall to Pieces" and "Walkin 'After Midnight."
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At the end of the month, too broke to make it to the enlisted club or out the gate to the village, we drank cheap whiskey in our double-bunked Quonset hut while Etta's powerful voice made us ache and threatened to destroy his puny speaker.
Reynolds and Me Barry Basden 2012
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