Quonset

Quonset
A trademark for a prefabricated building having a semicircular roof of corrugated iron; a Quonset hut

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  • Quonset — [ kwɒnsɪt] (also Quonset hut) noun N. Amer. trademark a prefabricated building with a semi cylindrical corrugated roof. Origin Second World War: named after Quonset Point, Rhode Island, where such huts were first made …   English new terms dictionary

  • Quonset — Quon·set (kwŏnʹsĭt) A trademark used for a prefabricated portable hut having a semicircular roof of corrugated metal that curves down to form walls. This trademark often occurs in attributive contexts in print: “a Quonset building that once… …   Universalium

  • Quonset™ — noun Quonset™ is used before these nouns: ↑hut …   Collocations dictionary

  • Quonset — n. US propr. a prefabricated metal building with a semicylindrical corrugated roof. Etymology: Quonset Point, Rhode Island, where it was first made …   Useful english dictionary

  • Quonset Point — is a small peninsula in Narragansett Bay in the U.S. state of Rhode Island. It is contained entirely within the town of North Kingstown. coord|41.595|N|71.415|W|type:airport Quonset Point was the location of Naval Air Station Quonset Point, a… …   Wikipedia

  • Quonset Point — Gewässer Narragansett Bay Geographische Lage …   Deutsch Wikipedia

  • 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 Glacier — (coord|85|19|S|127|5|W|type:glacier region:AQ|display=inline,title) is a glacier about 20 miles (32 km) long which drains the north slopes of Wisconsin Range between Mount LeSchack and Ruseski Buttress and trends west northwest to enter the north …   Wikipedia

  • 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® — /kwonˈset or kwonˈsit hut/ noun The US equivalent of the Nissen hut …   Useful english dictionary

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