lean-tos

plural of lean-to

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of Synonyms for lean-tos
Noun
  • Sharaf’s report did not indicate that staying at the huts and waiting for better conditions was ever suggested or discussed by the guides running the trip.
    Andrew Graham, Sacbee.com, 10 Aug. 2026
  • One group consisted of eight women staying at the nearby Frog Lake huts and two guides.
    Adam England, PEOPLE, 7 Aug. 2026
Noun
  • Outings to island seafood shacks and floating bar boats become lazy daylong excursions.
    Hannah Seligson, Travel + Leisure, 16 Aug. 2026
  • By 1975, Pierce had 20 shacks around Chicago, franchised to family or friends.
    Sam Charles, Chicago Tribune, 9 July 2026
Noun
  • 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
  • During the rainy season, their hovels turned into hovels on stilts.
    Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 5 Dec. 2025
Noun
  • The bill will also allow restaurants to weatherproof and winterize their sheds and require restaurateurs to keep them from becoming trash- and pest-filled shanties.
    Matthew Sedacca, Curbed, 13 Aug. 2026
  • In Leland, historic Fishtown provides a glimpse into the area's fishing roots, with old shanties, smokehouses, and docks still lining the riverfront.
    Lauren Dana Ellman, Midwest Living, 30 June 2026
Noun
  • Rooms come with views of the mountain or Cheyenne Lake; six Cape Cod–style cottages, most with eight bedrooms, are separate from the main hotel, located along the eighteenth fairway of the East Course.
    Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 20 Aug. 2026
  • Instead of an ill-fitting concrete tower, the 185-room, adults-only property blends into the landscape as a series of standalone Caribbean-sytle cottages scattered across 30 acres of gorgeous coastline.
    Baz Dreisinger, Forbes.com, 18 Aug. 2026
Noun
  • More than 19,000 people were sheltering in tents, evacuation centers and makeshift camps after the earthquake struck off Flores early Saturday, damaging at least 4,500 homes, according to the National Disaster Management Agency.
    ABC News, ABC News, 18 Aug. 2026
  • Many of England’s players only arrived at their club’s pre-season camps at the beginning of August, three weeks after many sides saw the bulk of their squads return.
    George Edwards, New York Times, 18 Aug. 2026
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“Lean-tos.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/lean-tos. Accessed 24 Aug. 2026.

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