hutment

hutment

noun

Definition of HUTMENT

1

a place where a group of people live for a short time in tents or cabins <the arriving national guardsmen were forced to live in a hutment until permanent barracks could be constructed>

Synonyms bivouac, campground, campsite, encampment, hutment

Related Words canvas (also canvass), tentage; colony, plantation, settlement; Hooverville, jungle, shantytown; concentration camp, prison camp; barracks, cantonment, installation, laager [South African], leaguer, post

2

a small, simply constructed, and often temporary dwelling <a group of shabby hutments that had been erected to shelter the refugees>

Synonyms cabin, camp, hooch (or hootch) [slang], hovel, hut, hutch, hutment, shanty

Related Words lean-to, shed; cot, cottage, lodge; cabana; bungalow, chalet; hogan, wickiup, wigwam; tent