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hut

Syllabification: (hut)
Pronunciation: /hət/

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Definition of hut

noun

  • a small single-story building of simple or crude construction, serving as a poor, rough, or temporary house or shelter.

verb (huts, hutting, hutted)

[with object]
  • provide with huts: (as adjective hutted)a hutted encampment

Derivatives

hutlike

Pronunciation: /-ˌlīk/

adjective

Origin:

mid 16th century (in the sense 'temporary wooden shelter for troops'): from French hutte, from Middle High German hütte

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