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

Example Sentences

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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

The huts offer shelter in a landscape without trees or natural shade, and where the sun reflects harshly off the white salt crust.

From Barron's • May 10, 2026

Nyamumba Evelyne’s family moved into this settlement of six straw huts more than a decade ago.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 9, 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

Then we came to a house, bigger than the huts, but made of the same kind of logs.

From "My Brother Sam is Dead" by James Lincoln Collier and Christopher Collier