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Recent Examples of lean-to
The human remains were found alongside cooking pans, food items, clothing and a fabric lean-to.
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Daniel S. Levine, PEOPLE, 6 May 2026
Most of your driving will be on dirt roads, and your accommodations typically include a tent or lean-to.
—Stephanie Vermillion, Travel + Leisure, 11 Apr. 2026
Before the lean-to was finished, Tom crawled into it and wrapped the deerskin around his feet without taking his boots off.
—Elwyn "bud" Myers, Outdoor Life, 11 Mar. 2026
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.
—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
Daniel S. Levine, PEOPLE, 6 May 2026
Most of your driving will be on dirt roads, and your accommodations typically include a tent or lean-to.
—Stephanie Vermillion, Travel + Leisure, 11 Apr. 2026
Before the lean-to was finished, Tom crawled into it and wrapped the deerskin around his feet without taking his boots off.
—Elwyn "bud" Myers, Outdoor Life, 11 Mar. 2026
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.
—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
Recent Examples of Synonyms for lean-to
Noun
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The teller’s arm swept around the long-hut, the circular walls of the fortress that enclosed them in its embrace.—
Maggie O’Farrell,
Literary Hub,
2 June 2026
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As a scorching wind tears across the barren, rocky slopes of Komote Island off the shore of Lake Turkana in northern Kenya, Alfred Lenkutuk sits in the meager shelter of his hut, gazing out over the village where he was born and remembering better times.—
Tommy Trenchard,
NPR,
31 May 2026
Noun
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The backstory The hotel occupies the former IXL jam factory, a three-story building that began as a whaling shed.—
Condé Nast,
Condé Nast Traveler,
27 May 2026
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After the shooting, Ranzy fled the house, and officers found him three blocks away hiding in a shed.—
Nick Ferraro,
Twin Cities,
22 May 2026
Noun
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Marie and her mother live in a shack under the willows by a river.—
The Know,
Denver Post,
31 May 2026
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Over in Connecticut, Mystic Fish Camp, the latest from James Beard Award-winning chef David Standridge (The Shipwright’s Daughter), brings back the nostalgia summer camp feels at its fast-casual fish shack.—
Carissa Chesanek,
Forbes.com,
22 May 2026
Noun
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Check out Fishtown, home to historic fishing shanties that now house cool small businesses.—
Katy Spratte Joyce,
Travel + Leisure,
9 May 2026
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His voice conjured cannons and sea shanties.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
29 Apr. 2026
Noun
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Abdul Hadi spent his days hiding in hovels in distant parts of Syria, turning his mind obsessively over the old days of revolution, over fleeting encounters and terrible choices.—
Anand Gopal,
New Yorker,
28 Feb. 2026
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The figure of an older woman working alone in a forest hovel inevitably brings some kind of sorcery to mind, but Hjorth’s earlier novels haven’t made too much of the suggestion.—
Elaine Blair,
Harpers Magazine,
24 Feb. 2026
Noun
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La Jolla Country Day was founded in 1926 as the Balmer School in a one-room cottage in La Jolla with four students and three faculty members.—
La Jolla Light,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
30 May 2026
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Use Non-Organic Elements Bring in some chairs, benches, bird baths, and outdoor art to layer throughout your cottage garden, Janney recommends.—
Jane Kim,
The Spruce,
30 May 2026
Noun
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No sweeping declarations should be made about the 2026 Packers over the next cluster of workouts and practices, but the next couple of weeks can perhaps provide a baseline of what to expect come training camp.—
Matt Schneidman,
New York Times,
28 May 2026
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The scale challenge is most acute in Bangladesh, home to Cox’s Bazar—the world’s largest refugee camp, housing more than one million Rohingya.—
Catherina Gioino,
Fortune,
28 May 2026
Cite this Entry
“Lean-to.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/lean-to. Accessed 5 Jun. 2026.
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