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 Just down the beach from the restaurant, a row of waterfront fishing huts called Pueblo de los Pescadores had long been at the heart of local nightlife, offering DJs and sunset views, until a fire in 2021. The New York Times News Service Syndicate, San Diego Union-Tribune, 19 Aug. 2025 Henderson was set to hike through the Ordesa Valley in the Pyrenees Mountains to a mountain hut known as Refugio de Pineta. Anthony Robledo, USA Today, 13 Aug. 2025 With the help of one of the other passengers, a nurse who provides healthcare and immunizations to people in remote villages like this one, Thompson found out that the hut had been built by a father for his family. Liz Rothaus Bertrand, Charlotte Observer, 12 Aug. 2025 Adults and kids alike dipped in the Atlantic and a tiki hut boat served shoreside lobster rolls and hot dogs. Moira McCarthy, Boston Herald, 7 Aug. 2025 See All Example Sentences for hut
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Noun
  • Hill missed nearly a month of training camp and preseason with an oblique injury.
    Barry Jackson, Miami Herald, 10 Sep. 2025
  • But there wasn’t an obvious upward trajectory during training camp and the preseason.
    Doug Kyed, Boston Herald, 10 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • In six months, the site has grown from 600 people fleeing gang attacks in nearby Delmas 30 to 5,000 people from all over the capital, sheltering in packed government offices and makeshift shacks.
    Jacqueline Charles, Miami Herald, 15 Sep. 2025
  • Most folks know that Elvis Presley—the King of Rock and Roll—was born in a shotgun shack in Tupelo, Mississippi, and died in his over-the-top mansion of Graceland in Memphis, Tennessee.
    Josh Miller, Southern Living, 14 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • The music video pairs tribal ritualism with coastal dreaminess, leading viewers through a cabin lit by candlelight and a beach after sunset.
    Tere Aguilera, Billboard, 12 Sep. 2025
  • Specifically, there are five ADA-compliant cabins, all in the Terrace Suite category.
    Amanda Eyre Ward, Travel + Leisure, 12 Sep. 2025

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“Hut.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/hut. Accessed 18 Sep. 2025.

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