bunkhouses

noun

plural of bunkhouse
as in dormitories

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  1. campgrounds
  2. camps
  3. boardinghouses
  4. motels
Noun
  • The site expanded its accommodations this year with Airstreams and Quonset huts alongside yurts and campgrounds.
    — Tamara Dunn, Denver Post, 5 Oct. 2026
  • Luther Pass Overflow and Watson Lake campgrounds, which are currently free, would charge $20 for a single site.
    — Nicole Buss, Sacbee.com, 27 Sep. 2026
Definition of campgrounds
Noun
  • In Spain and Portugal, tent camps have sprung up in protests against unattainable rents and housing costs.
    — Teresa Medrano, Los Angeles Times, 19 Oct. 2026
  • James and Giannis Antetokounmpo were among the superstars praising Brunson when training camps opened.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 16 Oct. 2026
Definition of camps
Noun
  • By the eve of World War I, Opatija boasted 24 hotels, 36 boardinghouses, and 12 sanatoriums attended by 80 physicians.
    — Kevin West, Travel + Leisure, 8 May 2026
  • Behind Jovan, the posse breaks into boardinghouses, yanks a miner from behind a grocery counter, shoots another dead in his home.
    — Masha Hamilton, Longreads, 19 Feb. 2026
Definition of boardinghouses
Noun
  • Sierra Fitzpatrick of Step up on Second, the nonprofit the city contracts with to run the motels, referred The Bee to the city and the motel.
    — Theresa Clift, Sacbee.com, 8 June 2026
  • And our best times at motels were spent swimming in the dark in the motel pool.
    — Anne Carson, New Yorker, 21 Aug. 2025
Definition of motels
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