wickiup

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Recent Examples of wickiup Part tipi, part wickiup, and influenced by many architectural styles, a round lodge can block wind, rain, cold, and sun. Popular Science, 28 May 2020 The wickiup is a bit like a small tipi made from poles, brush and vegetation. Popular Science, 28 May 2020
Recent Examples of Synonyms for wickiup
Noun
  • Pods, cabins, wigwams, huts, and treehouses are also available.
    Jim Dobson, Forbes.com, 29 Apr. 2025
  • Its layout also ties the home to its earthly landscape; the living room is inspired by the Native American wigwam, with elements including a central fireplace and a hole in the top to let the smoke out.
    Chloe Arrojado, AFAR Media, 15 Apr. 2025
Noun
  • In the summer, check out spike ball, croquet, a giant tumble tower and yoga mats from the activity hut.
    Sarah Sekula, USA Today, 2 July 2025
  • Painting, like the thatching of huts, was deemed women’s work, completed after the end of the summer rains, when the harvest was in the granaries.
    Percy Zvomuya, Artforum, 1 June 2025
Noun
  • Given Freudenberger’s expertise transforming everything from ski chalets to surf shacks, the project felt destined to be.
    David Foxley, Architectural Digest, 7 July 2025
  • Lucky Lou’s Raw Bar 123 NE 20th Ave., Deerfield Beach Sometime later this summer, the former Bru’s Room near the Deerfield Beach International Fishing Pier will turn into a casual oyster bar and sporty seafood shack.
    Phillip Valys, Sun Sentinel, 7 July 2025
Noun
  • Her hogan, completed in 2020, is built out of juniper wood, bark, and sand.
    Evie Carrick, Travel + Leisure, 21 Apr. 2025
  • The school’s rodeo grounds are pocked with prairie dog holes, and roads to the mobile home park and hogans that house employees are mostly unpaved.
    Matt Krupnick, ProPublica, 14 Oct. 2024
Noun
  • But beginning with the Class of ’23, search sea shanties have been growing grimmer.
    Ryan Craig, Forbes.com, 13 June 2025
  • The rousing shanty is already a knowing commentary on class and hypocrisy.
    Sara Holdren, Vulture, 25 Apr. 2025
Noun
  • The motion picture world of today reminds me of Rio – opulent penthouses (big IP) on one side of the street, and hovels (independent movies) on the other.
    Bill Mechanic, Deadline, 15 May 2025
  • Ted Kaczynski, a brilliant but mentally troubled mathematician who had retreated years earlier to a remote hovel in Montana, had been arrested based on information from a tipster to the F.B.I., ending one of the longest and most expensive manhunts in American history.
    Serge F. Kovaleski, New York Times, 29 Apr. 2025
Noun
  • The sheds are 8 feet by 10 feet and are fully stocked with food, clothing and living essentials.
    Chelsea Torres, FOXNews.com, 2 July 2025
  • The iCloud account also showed photos of a shed located in a wooded area behind a Mason home.
    Cameron Knight, The Enquirer, 2 July 2025
Noun
  • The camp did not immediately respond to a request for comment.
    Sasha Rogelberg, Fortune, 5 July 2025
  • Saunders says those come from a lack of understanding of the reasoning behind the camp.
    Ben Morse, CNN Money, 5 July 2025

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“Wickiup.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/wickiup. Accessed 18 Jul. 2025.

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