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hut
[ huht ]
noun
- a small or humble dwelling of simple construction, especially one made of natural materials, as of logs or grass.
- a simple roofed shelter, often with one or two sides left open.
- Military. a wooden or metal structure for the temporary housing of troops.
verb (used with object)
- to furnish with a hut as temporary housing; billet.
verb (used without object)
- to lodge or take a shelter in a hut.
hut
/ hʌt /
noun
- a small house or shelter, usually made of wood or metal
- the hut(on a sheep or cattle station) accommodation for the shearers, stockmen, etc
- a shelter for mountaineers, skiers, etc
verb
- to furnish with or live in a hut
Derived Forms
- ˈhutˌlike, adjective
Other Words From
- hutlike adjective
Word History and Origins
Word History and Origins
Origin of hut1
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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