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as in campground
a place where a group of people live for a short time in tents or cabins
the arriving national guardsmen were forced to live in a hutment until permanent barracks could be constructed
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for hutment
Noun
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There are several campgrounds around the lake, as well as Occoneechee State Park, which has cabins, a campground, a boat ramp, and miles of hiking trails.—
Erin Gifford,
Southern Living,
2 Feb. 2025 -
Newman was also known to tend to the campgrounds and facilities himself.—
Emily Weaver,
People.com,
26 Jan. 2025
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There’s a massage hut on the adults-only side of the beach that’s calling your name.—
Christina Liao,
Vogue,
21 Feb. 2025
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He wasn’t born in a hospital, but to a midwife in a circular mud hut with a grass roof.—
Mark Zeigler,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
18 Feb. 2025
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Or brighten up your campsite with Asmad Solar Garden Lights, currently 41 percent off.—
Rosie Marder,
Travel + Leisure,
16 Feb. 2025
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The estimates are based on similar carvings discovered, and dated, elsewhere and on artifacts discovered at nearby campsites.—
John Diers,
Twin Cities,
7 Feb. 2025
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The Israeli military has launched regular incursions into Jenin and its refugee camps in recent years but has not established a permanent presence in the immediate area.—
Billy Stockwell,
CNN,
23 Feb. 2025
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But what played out next within Alpine’s camp was not discussed with Komatsu.—
Madeline Coleman,
The Athletic,
23 Feb. 2025
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Either way, that seems part of the driving force that compels her to get to the recording studio in the cabin and start channeling Kate Bush.—
David Rooney,
The Hollywood Reporter,
19 Feb. 2025
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In the video -- obtained exclusively by ABC News -- passengers can be seen hanging upside down in the cabin, being held into their seats dangling only by their seatbelts.—
Jon Haworth,
ABC News,
18 Feb. 2025
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In the past, the camp, called San Vicente, consisted of just a few shacks in a muddy expanse, and officials often kept migrants penned inside.—
Julie Turkewitz,
New York Times,
18 Feb. 2025
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The property also has a sugar shack with two 20,000-gallon silos to hold the sap.—
Peter Baugh,
The Athletic,
23 Jan. 2025
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“Hutment.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/hutment. Accessed 1 Mar. 2025.
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