Noun
Quonset (plural Quonsets)
(US, also attributive) A prefabricated building having a roof of corrugated iron and semicircular cross section.
Synonym: Quonset hut
quonset (plural quonsets)
Alternative letter-case form of Quonset
As early as February 1942, the Navy acquired property at Quonset Point near Davisville, Rhode Island, which would be turned into a base to train the new Naval Construction Battalions and support the war in the Atlantic. Source: Internet
Christie said Jahangiri had 5.8 g of crack in his possession upon arrest, the difference of 1.2 g being what he smoked during his hour inside the Quonset. Source: Internet
Jahangiri, 33, was arrested after exiting a Quonset hut in the 3400 block of Pillette Road in the early hours of May 24, 2017, by Windsor police officers who had the property under surveillance. Source: Internet
In the Pacific, where most of the construction work was needed, the Seabees landed soon after the Marines and built airstrips, bridges, roads, gasoline storage tanks, and Quonset huts for warehouses, hospitals, and housing. Source: Internet
Swanborough and Bowers 1976, p. 404. Fleet Air Arm (FAA) units were created and equipped in the United States, at Quonset Point or Brunswick and then shipped to war theaters aboard escort carriers. Source: Internet
He now leads the Grassy Knoll Boys, another roots rock outfit, but on Back at the Quonset Hut he left his Boys behind and assembled a bunch of studio pros who have been playing sessions since the '60s. Source: Internet