hutments

plural of hutment
1
as in campgrounds
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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2
as in huts
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
  • Its 80,000 residents welcome travelers with arms wide open and the area has all the things RV travelers need for a successful trip—from wide roads and easy parking to good food and welcoming campgrounds.
    Evie Carrick, Travel + Leisure, 24 Oct. 2025
  • Many of the trails run near rivers, inland lakes and campgrounds.
    Jenna Prestininzi, Freep.com, 23 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • There will also be local food trucks coffee and hot chocolate huts.
    Anna Kleiber, jsonline.com, 22 Oct. 2025
  • Many choose to tackle this brutal journey in two to three days, utilizing the Appalachian Mountain Club’s shuttle and huts along the way for snacks, water, self-serve coffee, and moments to soak it all in.
    Jacqueline Kehoe, AFAR Media, 15 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • Several of the city’s small homeless campsites were broken down, leading some of the homeless to enter shelters temporarily.
    Christopher Cann, USA Today, 25 Oct. 2025
  • Deacon and his wife bought the three-hundred-acre ranch during the pandemic and are trying to make a go of it, renting out two trailers and a couple of bare campsites.
    Rowan Jacobsen, Harpers Magazine, 24 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • The route passes through 75 villages, the Dana Biosphere Reserve, and nomadic Bedouin camps.
    Essence, Essence, 28 Oct. 2025
  • The changes are being driven by competing camps inside DHS.
    Greg Wehner , Bill Melugin, FOXNews.com, 28 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • San Diego crews have cleared 184 encampments near freeways since the city got access over the summer to state land through a new agreement with the California Department of Transportation.
    Blake Nelson, San Diego Union-Tribune, 29 Oct. 2025
  • The Columbia Daily Spectator, the school’s student newspaper, was praised for its coverage of pro-Palestine encampments on campus that prompted the school to send in police, which led to scores of arrests.
    BrieAnna J. Frank, USA Today, 27 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • Just down the street from the colossal blue Scientology center (one of LA’s top locations for taking an ironic selfie) is Found Oyster, a delightful and perennially (pleasantly) crowded seafood restaurant inspired by clam shacks on the East Coast.
    Jocelyn Silver, Vogue, 25 Oct. 2025
  • Beyond the beach—but not too far from it—family-friendly attractions like Broadway at the Beach and the SkyWheel keep the fun going, while the half-mile-long Murrells Inlet MarshWalk offers a stroll past lively seafood shacks, outdoor bars, and live music overlooking the salt marsh.
    Lauren Dana Ellman, Travel + Leisure, 10 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • Enjoy Balinese massages and a Rainforest hydrothermal circuit featuring hot and cold thermal cabins.
    AFAR Media, AFAR Media, 24 Oct. 2025
  • Even the rooms – called cabins or staterooms – have different names than at hotels.
    Nathan Diller, USA Today, 24 Oct. 2025
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“Hutments.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/hutments. Accessed 2 Nov. 2025.

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