as in camp
a small, simply constructed, and often temporary dwelling smoke rose from a fisherman's hut on the shore of the lake

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Recent Examples of hut He wasn’t born in a hospital, but to a midwife in a circular mud hut with a grass roof. Mark Zeigler, San Diego Union-Tribune, 18 Feb. 2025 Vibe check: The high curved ceiling of the Quonset hut and a wall of windows lend the space the open-air feeling of the West Texas desert. Tasha Tsiaperas, Axios, 14 Feb. 2025 The hut was at Hanslope Park, a military-run establishment in the middle of nowhere, England. IEEE Spectrum, 4 Feb. 2025 The hut serves classic comfort food starting at breakfast, while lunch offers skiers and riders sandwiches, soups, and plenty of chili. Stacey Leasca, Travel + Leisure, 3 Feb. 2025 See All Example Sentences for hut
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Noun
  • The Blue Jackets, who suffered the tragic death of teammate Johnny Gaudreau just before training camp, have been one of the most compelling stories in all of sports this season.
    Aaron Portzline, The Athletic, 8 Mar. 2025
  • But Perine is also proof that running backs of his sort can be obtained late, even after training camp.
    Sam McDowell, Kansas City Star, 7 Mar. 2025
Noun
  • In the past, the camp, called San Vicente, consisted of just a few shacks in a muddy expanse, and officials often kept migrants penned inside.
    Julie Turkewitz, New York Times, 18 Feb. 2025
  • The property also has a sugar shack with two 20,000-gallon silos to hold the sap.
    Peter Baugh, The Athletic, 23 Jan. 2025
Noun
  • It's said to heat the cabin twice as quickly with half the power consumption of the old heat pump.
    Tim Stevens, Ars Technica, 3 Mar. 2025
  • Hoekstra has a Brazilian customer who commissioned a recent 133-footer with an asymmetrical lower deck for two extra guest cabins.
    Tristan Rutherford, Robb Report, 2 Mar. 2025

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“Hut.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/hut. Accessed 12 Mar. 2025.

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