hut

The definition of a hut is a simple or temporary shelter.

(noun)

An example of a hut is an open home made from local grasses.

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See hut in Webster's New World College Dictionary

noun

a little house or cabin of the plainest or crudest kind

Origin: Fr hutte < MHG hütte < OHG hutta: for IE base see hide

transitive verb, intransitive verb hutted, hutting

to shelter or be sheltered in or as in a hut or huts

See hut in American Heritage Dictionary 4

noun
  1. A crude or makeshift dwelling or shelter; a shack.
  2. A temporary structure for sheltering troops.
tr. & intr.v. hut·ted, hut·ting, huts
To shelter or take shelter in a hut.

Origin:

Origin: French hutte

Origin: , of Germanic origin; see (s)keu- in Indo-European roots

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