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hutment

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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 of hutment

bivouac, camp, campground, campsite, encampment

Words Related to hutment

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 of hutment

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

Words Related to hutment

cot, cottage, lodge

bungalow, chalet

hogan, wickiup, wigwam

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