1
: an often small and temporary dwelling of simple construction : shack
2
: a simple shelter from the elements
hut
verb
—used to mark a marching cadence
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Noun
smoke rose from a fisherman's hut on the shore of the lake
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Joanne Shurvell, Forbes, 20 Jan. 2025
And at a couple of nearby villages, cranial fragments were buried around huts.
—Daniel R. Depetris, Newsweek, 11 Jan. 2025
More than 40 vendors from Colorado and around the world will be selling gifts, crafts, and treats from oh-so-charming wooden huts at this German-style holiday market.
—Beth Luberecki, USA TODAY, 3 Dec. 2024
The first served as the unnamed village of mud huts and bamboo, where cousins José Arcadio Buendía and Úrsula Iguarán grow up and marry one another before leading part of their community on an exodus across mountain ranges and disorienting swamplands to establish Macondo.
—Jacqui Palumbo, CNN, 2 Dec. 2024
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Noun
There is even a vintage bivouac (mountain hut for sleeping) on display.
—Joanne Shurvell, Forbes, 20 Jan. 2025
And at a couple of nearby villages, cranial fragments were buried around huts.
—Daniel R. Depetris, Newsweek, 11 Jan. 2025
More than 40 vendors from Colorado and around the world will be selling gifts, crafts, and treats from oh-so-charming wooden huts at this German-style holiday market.
—Beth Luberecki, USA TODAY, 3 Dec. 2024
The first served as the unnamed village of mud huts and bamboo, where cousins José Arcadio Buendía and Úrsula Iguarán grow up and marry one another before leading part of their community on an exodus across mountain ranges and disorienting swamplands to establish Macondo.
—Jacqui Palumbo, CNN, 2 Dec. 2024
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“Hut.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/hut. Accessed 2 Feb. 2025.
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