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What (who) is quonset$66297$ - definition
WIKIMEDIA DISAMBIGUATION PAGE
Quonset Business Park; Quonset (disambiguation)
Quonset
['kw?ns?t]
(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.
Quonset Point
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PENINSULA IN RHODE ISLAND
Quonset Point, Rhode Island; Quonset Point, R.I.; Quonset Point, RI; Quonset Point Rhode Island; Camp Dyer; Quonset, Rhode Island
Quonset Point (), also known simply as Quonset, is a small peninsula in Narragansett Bay in the town of North Kingstown, Rhode Island. Its name is widely known from the Quonset hut, which was first manufactured there.
Quonset hut
![Quonset hut adapted for commercial use in [[Westland, Michigan]]](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Nankin Value Battery Quonset hut Westland Michigan.JPG?width=200 "Quonset hut adapted for commercial use in [[Westland, Michigan]]")
![A Quonset hut being put in place at the 598th Engineer Base Depot in Japan, post-[[World War II]]](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Quonset hut emplacement in Japan.jpg?width=200 "A Quonset hut being put in place at the 598th Engineer Base Depot in Japan, post-[[World War II]]")
LIGHTWEIGHT PREFABRICATED STRUCTURE
Quonset shed; Quansit; Quansit hut; Kwanzit hut; Kwanzaa hut; Kwansit hut; Quonset Hut; Cwanzit hut
A Quonset hut is a lightweight prefabricated structure of corrugated galvanized steel having a semi cylindrical cross-section. The design was developed in the United States, based on the Nissen hut introduced by the British during World War I.
