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 The Appalachian Mountain Club operates eight huts across 50 miles, a potential relief for hikers who are looking to get inside for a snack or stay. Grayson Haver Currin, Outside Online, 7 Apr. 2025 There was nothing left there but ruins and two stone century huts, the cemetery monument, and what used to be the high school auditorium. Ari Daniel, Smithsonian Magazine, 3 Apr. 2025 Gone was the piano bar, gym, spa, tiki hut and pool, dining hall where wedding receptions and parties were held and the waterfront restaurant which was open to the public and counted Pitbull and Jennifer Lopez among its regulars. Linda Robertson, Miami Herald, 1 Apr. 2025 The premiere — in a modest thatched hut — featured several original short films and a documentary. Daniel Wine, CNN, 10 Mar. 2025 See All Example Sentences for hut
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Noun
  • According to a police statement, a contractor hired to open a seasonal camp in the town came across the car, which was stuck on a camp road.
    Charlotte Phillipp, People.com, 3 May 2025
  • The camp includes faculty performances and a final student recital.
    Eric E. Harrison, Arkansas Online, 3 May 2025
Noun
  • McCarthy and Carey named the shack after their best friend, Thomas Kelly.
    Jason Dill, Miami Herald, 6 May 2025
  • His father was not a provider, although his mother was imaginative and resourceful in a two-room shack with a natural spring for water and an outhouse.
    Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 26 Apr. 2025
Noun
  • United Airlines announced a plan to revamp its long-haul premium cabins on Tuesday.
    Zach Wichter, USA Today, 14 May 2025
  • Police questioned him in 1994 after a man named Mark Peters turned up dead, tied to a chair in a dilapidated cabin in northern Kentucky.
    Dan Sullivan, The Orlando Sentinel, 13 May 2025

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“Hut.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/hut. Accessed 19 May. 2025.

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