1
: an often small and temporary dwelling of simple construction : shack
2
: a simple shelter from the elements
hut
verb
—used to mark a marching cadence
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Noun
smoke rose from a fisherman's hut on the shore of the lake
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David Amsden, Travel + Leisure, 5 Nov. 2025
At the Hotel Tyrol in the Italian Alps, lepidopterist Charlotte Wright of the Wellcome Sanger Institute, a leader of Project Psyche, dissects the yellow tiger moth captured near the stone hut.
—Glenn Zorpette, IEEE Spectrum, 4 Nov. 2025
The hostel also offers access to ice fishing in huts on the Saguenay Fjord, plus an onsite café that regularly features live music.
—Outside, 3 Nov. 2025
Our first overnight is at Rotstockhütte, a rustic hut at the foot of the Schilthorn.
—Lucy Kehoe, AFAR Media, 31 Oct. 2025
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Noun
Its current form—a dream of ultra-luxury now reclaimed by the jungle, having lost out to a community of beach huts—struck me as an apt metaphor for Itacaré.
—David Amsden, Travel + Leisure, 5 Nov. 2025
At the Hotel Tyrol in the Italian Alps, lepidopterist Charlotte Wright of the Wellcome Sanger Institute, a leader of Project Psyche, dissects the yellow tiger moth captured near the stone hut.
—Glenn Zorpette, IEEE Spectrum, 4 Nov. 2025
The hostel also offers access to ice fishing in huts on the Saguenay Fjord, plus an onsite café that regularly features live music.
—Outside, 3 Nov. 2025
Our first overnight is at Rotstockhütte, a rustic hut at the foot of the Schilthorn.
—Lucy Kehoe, AFAR Media, 31 Oct. 2025
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“Hut.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/hut. Accessed 7 Nov. 2025.
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