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
  • Some campgrounds below Bat Cave in Rutherford County near Lake Lure may be evacuated as a precaution.
    — NC Weather Bot, Charlotte Observer, 23 Sep. 2026
  • The park has boating access, paddlesport rentals, and a swimming beach, as well as hiking trails, campgrounds, and mini cabins.
    — Savannah Born, Travel + Leisure, 17 Sep. 2026
Noun
  • Treatment huts are—of course—lovely, and my massage was performed by an incredible therapist who clicked my bones in all the right places and left me feeling light as air.
    — Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 25 Aug. 2026
  • The best Airbnbs in the Dolomites are similarly varied, from remote huts tucked into wildflower meadows to working farms with their own cheese dairies and centuries-old homes surrounded by vineyards.
    — Katharine Sohn, Architectural Digest, 25 Aug. 2026
Noun
  • Yellowstone National Park, which governs a portion of the Thorofare but not Atlantic Creek, where most people fish in June, requires backcountry campers to purchase and reserve campsites ahead of time.
    — Christine Peterson, Outdoor Life, 23 Sep. 2026
  • Campsites Starved Rock’s 133 campsites book quickly, especially on weekends from May through October.
    — Taryn Shorr-Mckee, Midwest Living, 20 Sep. 2026
Noun
  • His memoir, released Tuesday, details his early life fleeing Vietnam with his father, time in refugee camps, his life as a child actor and his triumphant return to the screen.
    — Isabelle Farina, Variety, 20 Sep. 2026
  • Many are crowded into sprawling tent camps lacking basic sanitation.
    — Wafaa Shurafa, Los Angeles Times, 20 Sep. 2026
Noun
  • Homeless encampments across Pittsburgh remain well below the record levels seen in 2024, but recent county data shows an increase in outdoor homelessness this summer after nearly two years of lower counts.
    — Gabby Sartori, USA Today, 10 Sep. 2026
  • Most of them have returned to Morocco, but many remain in the enclave, with some living in tent encampments on the beach.
    — Louis Casiano, FOXNews.com, 9 Sep. 2026
Noun
  • Fishermen spend the night in small wooden shacks on the river islands, checking their nets.
    — Sebastián López Brach, The Dial, 15 Sep. 2026
  • Unlike most bare-bones seafood shacks, there’s real table service here, with smiling, friendly servers, to boot.
    — Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 9 Sep. 2026
Noun
  • The fire destroyed the historic Grand Canyon Lodge, cabins and other structures.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 17 Sep. 2026
  • However, popular itineraries and, more importantly, desirable cabins with limited availability sell out more quickly.
    — Erica Silverstein, Travel + Leisure, 15 Sep. 2026
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“Hutments.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/hutments. Accessed 25 Sep. 2026.

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