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bunk house

noun·Everyday

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UK/ˈbʌŋk haʊs/
US/ˈbʌŋk haʊs/

Meaning

  1. nouncountable

    A building with simple beds, often bunk beds, used for sleeping by workers or campers.

    Grammar: Countable: you can say 'a bunk house' or 'two bunk houses'.

    Patterns

    • sleep in a bunk house
    • stay at a bunk house
    • a bunk house on a ranch

    The ranch hands slept in a bunk house near the stables.

    We stayed in a bunk house during our hiking trip.

    The summer camp has several bunk houses for the children.

Word forms

pluralbunk houses

Common combinations

a bunk house on a ranch
The cowboys gathered in the bunk house on the ranch.
sleep in a bunk house
The workers sleep in a bunk house during the week.
a camp bunk house
The camp bunk house can hold up to twenty people.
a bunk house with bunk beds
The bunk house had six bunk beds and a small stove.

Synonyms and how they differ

dormitory
A dormitory is a larger building with many beds, often for students, while a bunk house is usually smaller and for workers or campers.
barracks
Barracks are for soldiers and are usually more strictly organized than a bunk house.

Word family

bunk noun
A narrow bed, often one of two stacked together.
bunk bed noun
A bed with another bed on top of it.

Commonly confused: bunk house or bunkhouse?

bunk house vs bunkhouse

'Bunkhouse' is the same word written as one word; both are correct.

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