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 The tornado moved onto the Brighton Seminole Indian Reservation, damaging some traditional chickee huts and demolishing the spectator and dugout areas at a sports complex. Dinah Voyles Pulver, USA TODAY, 19 Oct. 2024 Set him in the bathtub underneath the hut, use the scoop to shower him in warm water, and wash the dirt away. Quincy Bulin, Parents, 22 Nov. 2024 Jews live, eat and sometimes even sleep in the booth during Sukkot, commemorating the time the Israelites spent in the wild in huts of their own after being freed from slavery in Egypt. Linda Chase, Sun Sentinel, 26 Oct. 2024 In Aruba, Bonaire and Curaçao, owned by the Dutch, slave huts were built along the coast, on land not suitable for agriculture and easily damaged by storms. Farah Nibbs, The Conversation, 22 Oct. 2024 See all Example Sentences for hut 
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  • Instead, such measures will disrupt our economy, raise our living costs, create internment camps to hold immigrants in the U.S. because receiving countries will not accept them, and fuel instability abroad, leading to even more immigration pressures at our borders.
    Andy J. Semotiuk, Forbes, 19 Dec. 2024
  • Tent poles, for instance, are made from trees that have been naturally felled by elephants, and the whole camp runs on solar power.
    Nicholas DeRenzo, AFAR Media, 18 Dec. 2024
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  • Down on the Cape: Cape towns are known for salty air, clam shacks and lighthouses, but there’re also great locales for shopping days.
    Moira McCarthy, Boston Herald, 10 Nov. 2024
  • Their luck is about to run out, though: Egg spots the pilot at the fritter shack, and when Yancy confronts Eve at the bank, a bunch of cops pull up, and Eve accuses Yancy of shooting Egg and stabbing Nick.
    Dave Nemetz, TVLine, 9 Oct. 2024
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  • The company’s vehicles can carry four adults and luggage comfortably, and the small shuttles feature calming lighting, ambient music and interior cameras to monitor what’s happening inside the cabin.
    Lora Kolodny,Jennifer Elias, CNBC, 26 Dec. 2024
  • Gasoline engines produce a lot of excess heat which can be used to heat the interior cabin.
    Elizabeth Weise, USA TODAY, 26 Dec. 2024

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“Hut.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/hut. Accessed 30 Dec. 2024.

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