as in camp
a small, simply constructed, and often temporary dwelling smoke rose from a fisherman's hut on the shore of the lake

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Recent Examples of hut There’s a million ways to fill time, including paddleboards, kayaks, direct beach access, a tiki hut, and a pool table. Kristi Kellogg, Architectural Digest, 21 Oct. 2024 It’s got real deal European feel, with live entertainment, dozens of vendors, food and drink in wooden huts throughout the park, lots of goulash and sausage and pretzels and beer, with a mix of local and European craft vendors. Larry Olmsted, Forbes, 24 Oct. 2024 Under billows of pale grey rock, a neat little wooden sauna hut appears, as if out of a folktale, next to a subterranean lake of luminescent blue. Rick Jordan, Condé Nast Traveler, 14 Oct. 2024 Schaffhausen police said Tuesday that the deceased woman was taken in for an autopsy after forensics teams secured the first hut in Merishausen, Switzerland, about 40 miles north of Zurich, where her death took place. Sean Neumann, Peoplemag, 24 Sep. 2024 See all Example Sentences for hut 
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Noun
  • Humor — both black and camp — is the key here, unlike the often-leaden film which relied on special effects rather than a sharp script and knowing comic direction for its wow factor.
    Frank Rizzo, Variety, 22 Nov. 2024
  • The last time the act was invoked was during World War II, and it was used to place noncitizens from Japan, Germany and Italy in internment camps.
    Matthew Crowley, Louis Jacobson, Austin American-Statesman, 21 Nov. 2024
Noun
  • The area had featured multiple shacks built out of wood and tarps.
    Blake Nelson, The Mercury News, 12 Nov. 2024
  • The original spot, at 2295 Lexington Road and across the street from the fine-dining establishment Le Moo, resembles a hunter’s cabin or funky shack, with a wooden exterior and metal siding, covered in signs for beer brands.
    Amanda Hancock, The Courier-Journal, 2 Nov. 2024
Noun
  • The four-seat cabin is covered in black from the floor to the headliner.
    Bryan Hood, Robb Report, 20 Nov. 2024
  • As expected, the passenger cabin mirrors the detail of the underpinnings.
    Michael Harley, Forbes, 20 Nov. 2024

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“Hut.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/hut. Accessed 1 Dec. 2024.

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