as in camps
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 huts
With the help of private alpine guides, adventurous types can indulge in ski safaris (where guests swoosh across multiple mountains over the course of a day or more and visit various rifugios — authentic mountain huts) and even ski with a legend of the sport.
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Elycia Rubin, HollywoodReporter, 11 Feb. 2026
Just off the gondola entrance sits Club Moritzino, one of the Dolomites’ most enduring mountain huts and a buzzing lunch and apres-ski destination.
—Chadner Navarro, Vogue, 10 Feb. 2026
One of his wackier ideas involved Italian gondolas, grass huts and servants dressed in Tahitian clothing.
—Miami Herald Archives, Miami Herald, 21 Jan. 2026
Set in the rain forest and styled after Polynesian huts, the Waterfall Suites overlook the lagoon, while the Sky Suites are located above the indoor sea and have sunny terraces.
—Gwen McClure, Travel + Leisure, 19 Jan. 2026
Mecca has 13 locations in the park for Mecca Cosmetica SPF, including an SPF Studio, four sampling huts and SPF pumping stations at all gates and information desks.
—Jennifer Weil, Footwear News, 17 Jan. 2026
Wavrin tells me that several buddies are also at the derby, fishing from hard-sided huts.
—Stephanie Pearson, Outside, 14 Jan. 2026
Rose Cones or Huts Rose cones can be metal frames with removable vinyl covers or huts formed from Styrofoam.
—Mary Marlowe Leverette, Southern Living, 20 Dec. 2025
Most of the homes in the refugee camp near Kyegegwa are one-room huts with sheet metal roofs.
—Fatma Tanis, NPR, 13 Dec. 2025
Elycia Rubin, HollywoodReporter, 11 Feb. 2026
Just off the gondola entrance sits Club Moritzino, one of the Dolomites’ most enduring mountain huts and a buzzing lunch and apres-ski destination.
—Chadner Navarro, Vogue, 10 Feb. 2026
One of his wackier ideas involved Italian gondolas, grass huts and servants dressed in Tahitian clothing.
—Miami Herald Archives, Miami Herald, 21 Jan. 2026
Set in the rain forest and styled after Polynesian huts, the Waterfall Suites overlook the lagoon, while the Sky Suites are located above the indoor sea and have sunny terraces.
—Gwen McClure, Travel + Leisure, 19 Jan. 2026
Mecca has 13 locations in the park for Mecca Cosmetica SPF, including an SPF Studio, four sampling huts and SPF pumping stations at all gates and information desks.
—Jennifer Weil, Footwear News, 17 Jan. 2026
Wavrin tells me that several buddies are also at the derby, fishing from hard-sided huts.
—Stephanie Pearson, Outside, 14 Jan. 2026
Rose Cones or Huts Rose cones can be metal frames with removable vinyl covers or huts formed from Styrofoam.
—Mary Marlowe Leverette, Southern Living, 20 Dec. 2025
Most of the homes in the refugee camp near Kyegegwa are one-room huts with sheet metal roofs.
—Fatma Tanis, NPR, 13 Dec. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for huts
Noun
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Clark was scheduled to start his annual tour of spring training camps on Tuesday.—
Hannah Keyser,
CNN Money,
19 Feb. 2026
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Many of the children have grown up in camps after ISIS lost territorial control, and some are now approaching fighting age, raising fears about future radicalization and recruitment.—
Efrat Lachter , Trey Yingst,
FOXNews.com,
19 Feb. 2026
Noun
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Church Avenue is revived, nearly every storefront occupied, jazz clubs mixing with Haitian bistros, home-loan shops, day-care centers, and Jamaican fish shacks.—
Michael Powell,
The Atlantic,
11 Feb. 2026
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Once a week, according to residents, a black Dodge truck with tinted windows pulled up to a tent on the edge of the community, a dense maze of tiny shacks connected by muddy paths, slick from the persistent summer rain.—
Shibani Mahtani,
Washington Post,
4 Feb. 2026
Noun
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The wreck’s exterior is covered with quagga mussels and the upper cabins are gone, Ehorn said, but the hull looks intact and the oak interiors are still in good shape.—
Todd Richmond,
Chicago Tribune,
15 Feb. 2026
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The GranSport 38 can host up to 12 guests across five cabins (as well as room for seven crew), including a full-beam owner’s suite that opens up to the water.—
Nicole Hoey,
Robb Report,
13 Feb. 2026
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