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Quonset

proper noun

  1. a trademark for a prefabricated portable hut having a semicircular roof of corrugated metal that curves down to form walls
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Wiktionary

Pronunciation: /ˈkwɒnsɪt/

noun

Etymology: Named after Quonset Point, the place they were manufactured; the placename derives from an Algonquian language.

  1. A prefabricated building having a roof of corrugated iron and semicircular cross section.

    “They gave her a round white visitor's badge at one of the gates, and she parked in an enormous lot next to a quonset building painted pink and about a hundred yards long.”

    “Besides the wind, sand, tumbleweed, and Joshua trees, there was nothing at Muroc except for two quonset-style hangars, side by side, a couple of gasoline pumps, a single concrete runway, a few tarpaper shacks, and some tents.”