A little house or cabin of the plainest or crudest kind.
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The definition of a hut is a simple or temporary shelter.
An example of a hut is an open home made from local grasses.
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(rare, archaic) To put into a hut.
To hut troops in winter quarters.
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(rare, archaic, intransitive) To take shelter in a hut.
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To shelter or take shelter in a hut.
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Other Word Forms
Noun
Singular:
hut
Plural:
huts
Origin of hut
French hutteof Germanic origin(s)keu- in Indo-European roots
From
American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition
From Frenchhutte (“cottage”), from Middle High German hütte (> German Hütte cf. Danish hytte).
From
Wiktionary
Hut Sentence Examples
He built him a little hut for shelter at night and in stormy weather.
The dwelling-places of the natives are usually small huts of the simplest constuction, used chiefly as sleeping apartments; the day is spent in an open space in front of the hut protected from the sun by a roof of palm or other leaves.
She gripped his chin firmly and lifted it to what light was in the hut.
The hacienda of Antisana, 13,306 ft., and the herdsmen's hut of Cunayaco on Chimborazo, 13,396 ft., are occupied only for a part of the year.