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Recent Examples of lean-to
Never has a restaurant’s name been so fitting as The Stand – a literal, wooden lean-to on the Salt River Pima-Maricopa Indian Community, complete with handwritten menu signs and a ceiling made of tarps.
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Usa Today Network, USA Today, 11 Feb. 2026
The former policy was the only compassionate response to unsanitary and unsafe lean-to and tents and other makeshift shelters illegally erected on public property such as parks or sidewalks or on empty lots.
—New York Daily News Editorial Board, New York Daily News, 30 Jan. 2026
Lean-to: A lean-to normally used for firewood can be used to store propane tanks, as long as it has been emptied of wood and other flammable materials.
—Lee Wallender, The Spruce, 4 Jan. 2026
Under another lean-to, one man works to turn palm leaves into elaborate, rattan-like woven furniture—he’s even fashioned a small shelf for his cell phone, wedged into the mud wall by his right shoulder, to better keep it at hand.
—Mark Ellwood, Robb Report, 21 Dec. 2025
The hardshell takes a little push before the struts take over and open it into full lean-to position.
—New Atlas, 13 Dec. 2025
Warnings, citations — then arrest Another man who was sleeping under the lean-to was arrested by officers for not registering as a predatory offender.
—Mara H. Gottfried, Twin Cities, 5 Oct. 2025
Our gardens and farms, our houses, porches, lean-tos, gazebos and birdhouses are statements of power and possession but also more than that.
—Literary Hub, 19 Sep. 2025
Kensett—former head chef at Storico, New York; Goldeneye, Jamaica; and The Fife Arms, Braemar—cooked outdoors on embers in a lean-to.
—Carlton Reid, Forbes.com, 25 Aug. 2025
Usa Today Network, USA Today, 11 Feb. 2026
The former policy was the only compassionate response to unsanitary and unsafe lean-to and tents and other makeshift shelters illegally erected on public property such as parks or sidewalks or on empty lots.
—New York Daily News Editorial Board, New York Daily News, 30 Jan. 2026
Lean-to: A lean-to normally used for firewood can be used to store propane tanks, as long as it has been emptied of wood and other flammable materials.
—Lee Wallender, The Spruce, 4 Jan. 2026
Under another lean-to, one man works to turn palm leaves into elaborate, rattan-like woven furniture—he’s even fashioned a small shelf for his cell phone, wedged into the mud wall by his right shoulder, to better keep it at hand.
—Mark Ellwood, Robb Report, 21 Dec. 2025
The hardshell takes a little push before the struts take over and open it into full lean-to position.
—New Atlas, 13 Dec. 2025
Warnings, citations — then arrest Another man who was sleeping under the lean-to was arrested by officers for not registering as a predatory offender.
—Mara H. Gottfried, Twin Cities, 5 Oct. 2025
Our gardens and farms, our houses, porches, lean-tos, gazebos and birdhouses are statements of power and possession but also more than that.
—Literary Hub, 19 Sep. 2025
Kensett—former head chef at Storico, New York; Goldeneye, Jamaica; and The Fife Arms, Braemar—cooked outdoors on embers in a lean-to.
—Carlton Reid, Forbes.com, 25 Aug. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for lean-to
Noun
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Bearing the Spanish word for hut, this restaurant isn’t huge.—
Amanda Hancock,
Louisville Courier Journal,
13 Feb. 2026
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As Negomir enters the hut, the 27-year-old grounds himself by locking onto a single image, such as a tennis ball floating in the mountain air.—
Charlotte Harpur,
New York Times,
13 Feb. 2026
Noun
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After all, not everyone has a garden shed or a garage.—
David Beaulieu,
The Spruce,
11 Feb. 2026
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The beds’ design complements the trim on the garden shed, which is surrounded by colorful flowers.—
Leanne Potts,
Better Homes & Gardens,
10 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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Lusine waved us into an unattended shack, sheltered by tarp walls housing a half-dozen of these works in progress.—
Marlise Kast-Myers,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
8 Feb. 2026
Noun
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A couple and two children died Thursday night when their shanty was hit by a landslide in a quarry area that was set off by torrential rain in a village in southern Cagayan de Oro city, Office of Civil Defense regional director Antonio Sugarol said.—
Arkansas Online,
Arkansas Online,
7 Feb. 2026
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Even Venezuela’s shanties were made with solid construction materials such as brick and concrete, made cheap by a strong bolivar, Venezuela’s currency.—
The Atlantic,
The Atlantic,
29 Jan. 2026
Noun
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My friend was the definition of a reluctant landlord — an anti-Establishment type who furnished her grad-school hovel with wine crates and avoided any talk of money.—
Adriane Quinlan,
Curbed,
22 Jan. 2026
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In what by American standards would be considered a hovel, Gong is raised by his aging grandparents, his mother having abandoned him as a small child.—
Matthew Carey,
Deadline,
29 Dec. 2025
Noun
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Homeowners Katie and Jared Hyatt fondly named their 1866 cottage on Main Street in Madison, Georgia, ‘The Few House’.—
Cameron Beall,
Southern Living,
14 Feb. 2026
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Mike and Patricia McCoy answered the door of their cozy cottage in Imperial Beach, a short stroll from crashing waves and several blocks from the Tijuana River Estuary, where California meets Mexico and the hiking trails are named for them.—
Steve Lopez,
Los Angeles Times,
14 Feb. 2026
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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After falling behind Busch in one at-bat, Wiggins, in his first big-league camp, battled back to work a full count before getting Busch to whiff at an offspeed pitch low and out of the zone.—
Meghan Montemurro,
Chicago Tribune,
19 Feb. 2026
Cite this Entry
“Lean-to.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/lean-to. Accessed 21 Feb. 2026.
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