lean-to
noun
a shack or shed supported at one side by trees or posts and having an inclined roof.
lean-tos
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pluralof lean-to.plural
The grammatical form denoting more than one person, place, thing, or idea.
Example Sentences
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Her attention was fixed on a highway underpass nearby, where a handful of people were living in tents and cardboard lean-tos.
From Seattle Times ● Jun. 14, 2022
Now there are at least 70 - lean-tos, makeshift shelters and tents of different sizes - spreading out from a restroom building at what was once a popular picnic pavilion.
From Washington Times ● Feb. 16, 2020
They lived at first in crude lean-tos in the ruins of Hampton, burned by its own residents rather than leave it to the Union.
From Washington Post ● Aug. 21, 2019
Tiny wooden lean-tos were arranged in ragged rows, strewn with silk flowers, strands of lights, hand-painted signs.
From New York Times ● Aug. 29, 2018
I don’t want to see the shelters and dirt paths, the makeshift lean-tos and Green River.
From "Without Refuge" by Jane Mitchell
