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hut

hut

217 1.0
A small simple building where people live or stay
  • noun
  • /hʌt/
translation icon : choza
  • Sometime during the night, when moonlight slanted through the hut's little window, a face appeared there.
  • mud hut
  • live in a hut
  • build a hut

We learned that they changed the sheets in these huts once per year.

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Examples

  • I built my Hut near the Congo, and it lulled me to sleep.

  • The light of morning was sifting into the hut when sleep at last took him.

    Fiction book (1990)
  • Then he turned out of the hut and down the path toward the mess hall.

    Fiction book (1990)
  • And that brush hut, me and my brother built it.

  • When we sleep in the farm hut, frogs jump on us in the night.

    Academic text (2008)
  • And the whole Bolivian army is out in front of this little hut.

  • By age eleven, he was living alone in a "hut" and toiling as a shepherd.

    Academic text (1995)
  • Aluta thanks him and returns to her hut to set out the sleeping mats for her family.

    Academic text (1991)
  • The villagers pour out of their huts, gathering in the middle of town.

    Fiction book (1990)
  • After a long day of hiking, we finally reached our cozy hut in the woods.

Synonyms

cabin
vshut
351 1.0

A small simple wooden house in the countryside or woods

is a simple shelter that can be made from various basic materials
lodge
vshut
170 3.4

A small house near nature where travelers stay temporarily

is a basic dwelling without strong association to travel or temporary stays
shack
vshut
131 1.8

A small rough shelter made from wood and metal scraps

is a small simple shelter without necessarily having rough or salvaged construction
shanty
vshut
22 6.8

A small rough shelter made from old boards and metal

is a basic shelter without the strong sense of crude construction or poverty
hovel
vshut
14 7.1

A small simple house that is dirty and not good to live in

is a small simple shelter without the heavy sense of filth or unfitness
log cabin
vshut
12 2.5

A small house built from round pieces of wood, often in the woods

is similar but not limited to construction from solid logs
hooch
vshut
  • Jargon
5 9.2

A small simple shelter where soldiers sleep

is a general small simple shelter not specifically military
bunkie
vshut
  • US
8.4

A small simple cabin used for guests or camping

is a general small simple shelter not limited to guest use
izba
vshut
9.9

A simple wooden house in the country, common in Russia

is a general small simple shelter not tied to a region
Nissen hut
vshut
  • Archaic
9.1

A small metal building with a curved roof that people use for temporary army housing or storage

is a small simple shelter not necessarily prefabricated or metal
wikiup
vshut
  • US
9.9

A hut with a simple frame covered in branches or grass used for shelter by Native American people

is a small simple shelter that is not specific to that construction
hutch
vshut
  • UK
6.8

A small, simple shelter where people live, often temporary

is a small simple shelter that can be more stable than makeshift versions

Antonyms

327 3.4

A very large, impressive house often with many rooms and gardens

241 1.0

A large, beautiful house where a king or queen lives

Compounds

Quonset hut
  • Archaic
1 9.1

A simple curved metal building often used for storage or housing

3.1

A small temporary building where soldiers sleep and live during training or war

6.8

A small temporary shelter soldiers use while in the field

Nissen hut
  • Archaic
9.1

A small metal building with a curved roof that people use for temporary army housing or storage

How Simple

lean-to
6 6.7
shack
131 1.8
hut
217 1.0
cabin
351 1.0
house
1.0

Surface Forms

hut singular
huts plural

Etymology

Hut comes from an old European word, like the German Hütte, which means a small 'shelter' or 'little house'. So a hut today is a small, simple shelter often made from basic materials.