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Quonset hut — ☆ Quonset hut [kwän′sit ] n. [< Quonset, a trademark, after Quonset Point, R.I., where first manufactured] a prefabricated shelter made of corrugated metal, shaped like a longitudinal half of a cylinder resting on its flat surface … English World dictionary
Quonset hut® — /kwonˈset or kwonˈsit hut/ noun The US equivalent of the Nissen hut … Useful english dictionary
Quonset hut — 1942, from Quonset Point Naval Air Station, Rhode Island, where this type of structure was first built, 1941. The place name is from a southern New England Algonquian language and perhaps means small, long place … Etymology dictionary
Quonset hut — For other uses, see Quonset (disambiguation). Quonset huts in front of Laguna Peak, Point Mugu, in 1946 … Wikipedia
Quonset hut — [[t]kwɒ̱nsɪt hʌt[/t]] Quonset huts N COUNT A Quonset hut is a military hut made of metal. The walls and roof form the shape of a semi circle. [AM] (in BRIT, use Nissen hut) … English dictionary
Quonset hut — noun a prefabricated hut of corrugated iron having a semicircular cross section • Syn: ↑Nissen hut • Hypernyms: ↑hut, ↑army hut, ↑field hut * * * /kwon sit/, Trademark. a semicylindrical metal shelter having end walls, usually serving as a… … Useful english dictionary
Quonset hut — /kwon sit/, Trademark. a semicylindrical metal shelter having end walls, usually serving as a barracks, storage shed, or the like, developed for the U.S. military forces from the British Nissen hut at Quonset Naval Base in Rhode Island. * * * … Universalium
Quonset hut — Quon′set hut [[t]ˈkwɒn sɪt[/t]] Trademark. archit. bui trm a semicylindrical metal shelter having end walls • Etymology: orig. developed for U.S. military forces at Quonset Naval Base, Rhode Island … From formal English to slang
Quonset hut — куонсетский барак. (От Quonset Point Куонсет Пойнт, населенный пункт в штате Род Айленд, где на авиабазе ВМС во время второй мировой войны стали впервые изготовляться сборные жилые дома из металлоконструкций с утецлительной прокладкой из дерева,… … Словарь топонимов США
Quonset hut — Quon|set hut [ˈkwɔnset ˌhʌt US ˈkwa:n ] n AmE trademark a long metal building with a curved roof where soldiers live or things are stored … Dictionary of contemporary English
