as in hut
a round tent that was used in the past by Native Americans as a house or shelter
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Recent Examples of wigwam
Pods, cabins, wigwams, huts, and treehouses are also available.
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Jim Dobson, Forbes.com, 29 Apr. 2025
Its layout also ties the home to its earthly landscape; the living room is inspired by the Native American wigwam, with elements including a central fireplace and a hole in the top to let the smoke out.
—Chloe Arrojado, AFAR Media, 15 Apr. 2025
Other kinds of algorithms underlie the repeating sequences of bent wood arcs that make up Native American wigwams, canoes and cradles.
—Audrey G. Bennett, The Conversation, 10 Aug. 2023
President Franklin Delano Roosevelt receives a miniature wigwam at a Boy Scout camp in New York State in 1933.
—NBC news, 19 Apr. 2023
The monastery is a former motel with a lobby in the shape of a wigwam, where Bran’s mother meditates and vacuums and rapidly dies of ovarian cancer, which means Bran never gets to ask whether the call of the nunnery was worth abandoning a daughter.
—New York Times, 17 May 2022
Uncommon accommodations: Snooze in a caboose, a yacht, a wigwam or a swanky tent.
—AZCentral.com, 4 June 2021
Snooze in a caboose, a yacht, a wigwam or a swanky tent.
—Roger Naylor, The Arizona Republic, 12 May 2021
The Nowashe Village will include a main village, two wigwams, an archaeology laboratory, a wetland with a boardwalk, a fire circle which will be used for storytelling, and the Three Sisters Garden.
—Quoron Walker, courant.com, 11 Oct. 2019
Jim Dobson, Forbes.com, 29 Apr. 2025
Its layout also ties the home to its earthly landscape; the living room is inspired by the Native American wigwam, with elements including a central fireplace and a hole in the top to let the smoke out.
—Chloe Arrojado, AFAR Media, 15 Apr. 2025
Other kinds of algorithms underlie the repeating sequences of bent wood arcs that make up Native American wigwams, canoes and cradles.
—Audrey G. Bennett, The Conversation, 10 Aug. 2023
President Franklin Delano Roosevelt receives a miniature wigwam at a Boy Scout camp in New York State in 1933.
—NBC news, 19 Apr. 2023
The monastery is a former motel with a lobby in the shape of a wigwam, where Bran’s mother meditates and vacuums and rapidly dies of ovarian cancer, which means Bran never gets to ask whether the call of the nunnery was worth abandoning a daughter.
—New York Times, 17 May 2022
Uncommon accommodations: Snooze in a caboose, a yacht, a wigwam or a swanky tent.
—AZCentral.com, 4 June 2021
Snooze in a caboose, a yacht, a wigwam or a swanky tent.
—Roger Naylor, The Arizona Republic, 12 May 2021
The Nowashe Village will include a main village, two wigwams, an archaeology laboratory, a wetland with a boardwalk, a fire circle which will be used for storytelling, and the Three Sisters Garden.
—Quoron Walker, courant.com, 11 Oct. 2019
Recent Examples of Synonyms for wigwam
Noun
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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
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When John Wesley Powell voyaged through the Grand Canyon by boat in 1869, his expedition rested in this very spot, at the base of stone huts built by ancient Puebloans.—
Graham Averill,
Outside,
28 Oct. 2025
Noun
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Ygot said the death toll in Bogo was expected to rise as workers rushed heavy equipment to a mountain village where a landslide buried shanties and boulders blocked rescue efforts.—
Gabe Whisnant,
MSNBC Newsweek,
30 Sep. 2025
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Behind her, a cluster of pastel shanties houses Rain Barrel Village, an open-air market and artist haven for more than 40 years.—
Carrie Honaker,
Travel + Leisure,
5 Aug. 2025
Noun
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The wickiup is a bit like a small tipi made from poles, brush and vegetation.—
Popular Science,
Popular Science,
28 May 2020
Noun
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All of us piled into one wooden shack that was built as an outpost.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
28 Oct. 2025
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Alice Mabel Gray, aka Diana of the Dunes, lived by herself in a shack for almost a decade in the early 1900s in the area that is now the national park.—
Graham Averill,
Outside,
28 Oct. 2025
Noun
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The Shash Diné hogans were constructed from juniper logs by a master craftsman, then covered with mud or clay.—
Rona Berg,
Forbes.com,
12 Aug. 2025
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Her hogan, completed in 2020, is built out of juniper wood, bark, and sand.—
Evie Carrick,
Travel + Leisure,
21 Apr. 2025
Noun
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The motion picture world of today reminds me of Rio – opulent penthouses (big IP) on one side of the street, and hovels (independent movies) on the other.—
Bill Mechanic,
Deadline,
15 May 2025
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Ted Kaczynski, a brilliant but mentally troubled mathematician who had retreated years earlier to a remote hovel in Montana, had been arrested based on information from a tipster to the F.B.I., ending one of the longest and most expensive manhunts in American history.—
Serge F. Kovaleski,
New York Times,
29 Apr. 2025
Noun
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Daniel Gafford suffered a right ankle sprain during training camp and has yet to play.—
Christian Clark,
New York Times,
30 Oct. 2025
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Ahead of this season, Harbaugh welcomed more than 2,500 military personnel, veterans and their families to two training camp practices at the University of San Diego.—
Ryan Morik,
FOXNews.com,
29 Oct. 2025
Noun
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Use it as a guest house, home office, cozy cabin, and more.—
Gabriela Izquierdo,
Southern Living,
31 Oct. 2025
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The moment played out on Season 3 of The Traitors, when Sandoval and the other contestants braved a creepy cabin full of singing dolls and had to memorize and perform backwards nursery rhymes.—
Jordan Greene,
PEOPLE,
31 Oct. 2025
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“Wigwam.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/wigwam. Accessed 3 Nov. 2025.
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