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

During the hottest hours, many retreat to makeshift huts -- frames of sticks draped with coarse homespun cloth, plastered with wild donkey dung.

From Barron's • May 10, 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

The group of 15 — four paid guides and 11 trip participants — were at the end of a three-day backcountry skiing trip to the Frog Lake huts when the avalanche occurred.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 19, 2026

Only as we were whacking the mud off our boots by the huts where the sports gear's kept did Mr. McNamara remember the three boys he'd sent to the bridge over forty minutes ago.

From "Black Swan Green" by David Mitchell