as in camp
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 hut Members have a number of accommodations to choose from — there’s a seven-bedroom farmhouse and four-bedroom cottage, 40 cabins and 20 huts. Rachel Desantis, PEOPLE, 29 Oct. 2025 According to Monk, the whisky was stored in an uninsulated hut where it was subjected to the harsh Antarctic weather, with temperatures ranging between –35°C and 10°C. Jonah Flicker, Robb Report, 24 Oct. 2025 There will also be local food trucks coffee and hot chocolate huts. Anna Kleiber, jsonline.com, 22 Oct. 2025 Chris Oddy, the production designer, meticulously recreated the hut on the stage down to matching floorboards with similar blemishes in similar places to have this seamless match. Ryan Lattanzio, IndieWire, 2 Oct. 2025 See All Example Sentences for hut
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Noun
  • If Alt was going to be in the lineup, the Chargers had a chance to piece their front together and potentially contend, even after losing tackle Rashawn Slater for the season because of a training camp knee injury.
    Daniel Popper, New York Times, 5 Nov. 2025
  • In Kakuma, a vast refugee camp near the South Sudan border, starting in spring, our documentary team followed clinicians and families inside the stabilization unit at Clinic 7, where the sickest children come.
    The New Yorker, New Yorker, 5 Nov. 2025
Noun
  • In Gaza’s Shati refugee camp, my grandfather built a modest shack, brick by brick, on the spot where his tent was erected.
    Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 10 Nov. 2025
  • Fresh seafood and farm ingredients drive everything from casual lobster shacks to award-winning dining.
    Mark Ellwood, AFAR Media, 7 Nov. 2025
Noun
  • Shockley and Maycock alerted the ship’s crew but alleged the staff did not take steps to remediate the issue in and around their cabin, according to the complaint.
    Nathan Diller, USA Today, 7 Nov. 2025
  • And the movie, with these two sexy people sparring for about 10 minutes, only to settle their differences over whiskey before a roaring fire in a snowbound cabin that looks like a vacation hideaway, has an unironic romance-novel baby-it’s-cold-outside vibe of old-school desert-island love.
    Owen Gleiberman, Variety, 7 Nov. 2025

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“Hut.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/hut. Accessed 19 Nov. 2025.

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