noun
quarters
KWOR-terz/kwˈɔrtɝz/
A place provided for people to live.
The hospital provides comfortable quarters for doctors who work overnight.
Etymology
From a fourth part, quarter broadened to a division or district of a town. The plural came to mean military accommodation, providing the connection to rooms or lodgings.
In context
you had big wide-open gun decks with hammocks tables and quarters for the officers all in the same space
More examples
- The crew's sleeping quarters are below deck.
- Each family has separate living quarters.
- We share cramped quarters near the construction site.
Forms
quarters
quarter verb — To provide someone with living accommodations.
Similar words
- lodging
- Lodging usually refers to temporary accommodation, often rented.
- accommodations
- Accommodations is a broader term for places to stay.
- housing
- Housing emphasizes homes available to a community or group.