Quonset hut
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Quonset hut
(ˈkwɒnsɪt)n
(Military) trademark US a military shelter made of corrugated steel sheet, having a semicircular cross section. Brit equivalent: Nissen hut
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Quon′set hut`
(ˈkwɒn sɪt)Trademark.
a semicylindrical metal shelter having end walls.
[orig. developed for U.S. military forces at Quonset Naval Base, Rhode Island]
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Noun 1. Quonset hut - a prefabricated hut of corrugated iron having a semicircular cross section
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