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as in campground
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

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

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Noun
  • The category includes small hotels and motels, guesthouses, cottages and cabins, and RV parks and campgrounds.
    Greg Iacurci, CNBC, 10 May 2025
  • Visitors who have overnight reservations at hotels or campgrounds located inside the park do not need to make reservations to enter.
    Paul Rogers, Mercury News, 9 May 2025
Noun
  • After battling nine days of brutal heat, zero security, and rough nights in mud huts, the Clooneys returned to the U.S. in time for a rally organized by the Save Darfur Coalition on the National Mall, where other speakers included then Senator Barack Obama.
    Jake Tapper, New Yorker, 13 May 2025
  • According to the official Mount Fuji website, all trails to the summit are closed and most of the trail signs have been removed, with all huts, toilets and first aid stations also shut for the off season.
    Jack Guy, CNN Money, 28 Apr. 2025
Noun
  • When camping in an open environment, select a campsite in a valley, ravine, or low region.
    NC Weather Bot, Charlotte Observer, 9 May 2025
  • Comments Hotel Wren This is the only elevated hotel experience in an area otherwise limited to campsites, motels, and Airbnbs.
    Booth Moore, Travel + Leisure, 6 May 2025
Noun
  • That means all other Africans who have waited in refugee camps for years after being vetted and cleared must step back and wait even longer for their uncertain futures to play out, as white South Africans get ushered through the express lane.
    Clarence Page, Chicago Tribune, 18 May 2025
  • This new safari camp from The Royal Collection boasts vibrant interiors and provides plenty of opportunities to see the Big Five.
    Heather Richardson, Travel + Leisure, 18 May 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
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
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“Hutment.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/hutment. Accessed 22 May. 2025.

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