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Hut definition

hŭt
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A crude or makeshift dwelling or shelter; a shack.
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A temporary structure for sheltering troops.
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A primitive dwelling.
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To shelter or be sheltered in or as in a hut or huts.
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A small wooden shed.
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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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Noun

Singular:
hut
Plural:
huts

Origin of hut

  • French hutte of Germanic origin (s)keu- in Indo-European roots

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

  • From French hutte (“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.

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