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hut

[ huht ]

noun

  1. a small or humble dwelling of simple construction, especially one made of natural materials, as of logs or grass.

    Synonyms: hovel, shed

  2. a simple roofed shelter, often with one or two sides left open.
  3. Military. a wooden or metal structure for the temporary housing of troops.


verb (used with object)

, hut·ted, hut·ting.
  1. to furnish with a hut as temporary housing; billet.

verb (used without object)

, hut·ted, hut·ting.
  1. to lodge or take a shelter in a hut.

hut

/ hʌt /

noun

  1. a small house or shelter, usually made of wood or metal
  2. the hut
    (on a sheep or cattle station) accommodation for the shearers, stockmen, etc
  3. a shelter for mountaineers, skiers, etc
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


verb

  1. to furnish with or live in a hut
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Derived Forms

  • ˈhutˌlike, adjective
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Other Words From

  • hutlike adjective
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Word History and Origins

Origin of hut1

1645–55; < French hutte < Frankish, cognate with Old Saxon hutta, Old High German hutt ( e ) a < West Germanic *hudjā; akin to hide 1
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Word History and Origins

Origin of hut1

C17: from French hutte, of Germanic origin; related to Old High German hutta a crude dwelling
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Example Sentences

Sputtering, I manage a few “hut-hut-huts” with the other students.

Surrounded by family and friends, he sat shirtless and motionless leaning forward in a chair on the dirt in front of his hut.

On every trip to a village, a hospital, a hut, Breman and the others carried an invisible burden: they could be next.

In a dim backroom of a mud hut in Save, 82-year-old Teresa Nyirabutunda sits propped upright in bed by her daughter, Francine.

We shot it in Belfast at a legit hut on location rather than a studio.

To advance in such circumstances was out of the question, he therefore set about building a miniature hut of snow.

The hut was barely high enough to let him sit up, and long enough to let him lie down—not to stretch out.

The foster-child remained behind to share the hut of the political exile.

It was only a hut of rough boards, carelessly knocked together for a shepherd's temporary home.

Aunt Ri, at her best estate, had never possessed a room which had the expression of this poor little mud hut of Ramona's.

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