huts

NOUN

tiny, often roughly built, house

Synonyms

STRONGEST

box bungalow cabin chalet cot cottage hovel lean-to lodge shack shanty shed shelter summer house

STRONG

cabana camp crib den dugout dump hutch pigeonhole rathole refuge tepee wigwam

WEAK

log house

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huts

Included were proposals to create an enclosure for the animals, stables, three shepherd huts, parking for tractors and a pond.

From BBC ● Aug. 11, 2026

Observations show the people use narrow outrigger canoes, live in large communal huts, carry spears, bows and arrows, and wear fibre waistbelts, as well as necklaces and headbands.

From Barron's ● May 18, 2026

At the beginning of the war, I filmed brilliant young men tinkering in forest huts, using 3-D printers to build their first “birds of fire.”

From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 18, 2026

International and specialist teams have since aided in the search that has stretched down caves, across rivers and into old mining huts.

From BBC ● Feb. 25, 2026

Crews are adding brick walls around the new huts.

From "The Bletchley Riddle" by Ruta Sepetys and Steve Sheinkin