[Word Powers] Today's Words

Methuselah (muh-thoo-zuh-luh) (noun):

   1. An extremely old man.

   2. A large wine bottle, esp. one for champagne, holding about 6 liters.

Methuselah is a Pine tree that grows in the White Mountains of California, and is almost 5,000 years old. The tree is named after the Biblical figure, Methuselah, who lived to be 969 years old.
   
Barrack (bar-uh k) (noun):

1.    A building or group of buildings for lodging soldiers, esp. in garrison.

2.    A large, plain, often temporary building for housing workmen, police, etc.

 They all slept in one room in the old barrack where they were living until the new house was habitable.