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hut
CIDE DICTIONARY
hut, n. [OE. hotte; akin to D. hut, G. hÜtte, OHG. hutta, Dan. hytte, Sw. hydda; and F. hutte, of G. origin; all akin to E. hide to conceal. See Hude to conceal.].
A small house, hivel, or cabin; a mean lodge or dwelling; a slightly built or temporary structure. [1913 Webster]
"Death comes on with equal footsteps
To the hall and hut" [1913 Webster]
To the hall and hut" [1913 Webster]
OXFORD DICTIONARY
hut, n. & v.
--n.
1 a small simple or crude house or shelter.
2 Mil. a temporary wooden etc. house for troops.
--v. (hutted, hutting)
1 tr. provide with huts.
2 tr. Mil. place (troops etc.) in huts.
3 intr. lodge in a hut.
--n.
1 a small simple or crude house or shelter.
2 Mil. a temporary wooden etc. house for troops.
--v. (hutted, hutting)
1 tr. provide with huts.
2 tr. Mil. place (troops etc.) in huts.
3 intr. lodge in a hut.
Derivative
hutlike adj.
Etymology
F hutte f. MHG h{uuml}tte
THESAURUS
hut
Nissen hut, Quonset hut, bestow, billet, board, booth, box, camp, chalet, cot, cottage, crib, dacha, domicile, entertain, gatehouse, hovel, hutch, kiosk, lean-to, lodge, outbuilding, outhouse, pavilion, quarter, room, roost, sentry box, shack, shanty, shed, stall, tollbooth, tollhouseROGET THESAURUS
hut
Abode
N abode, dwelling, lodging, domicile, residence, apartment, place, digs, pad, address, habitation, where one's lot is cast, local habitation, berth, diggings, seat, lap, sojourn, housing, quarters, headquarters, resiance, tabernacle, throne, ark, home, fatherland, country, homestead, homestall, fireside, hearth, hearth stone, chimney corner, inglenook, ingle side, harem, seraglio, zenana, household gods, lares et penates, roof, household, housing, dulce domum, paternal domicile, native soil, native land, habitat, range, stamping ground, haunt, hangout, biosphere, environment, ecological niche, nest, nidus, snuggery, arbor, bower, lair, den, cave, hole, hiding place, cell, sanctum sanctorum, aerie, eyrie, eyry, rookery, hive, covert, resort, retreat, perch, roost, nidification, kala jagah, bivouac, camp, encampment, cantonment, castrametation, barrack, casemate, casern, tent, building, chamber, xenodochium, tenement, messuage, farm, farmhouse, grange, hacienda, toft, cot, cabin, hut, chalet, croft, shed, booth, stall, hovel, bothy, shanty, dugout, wigwam, pen, barn, bawn, kennel, sty, doghold, cote, coop, hutch, byre, cow house, cow shed, stable, dovecote, columbary, columbarium, shippen, igloo, iglu, jacal, lacustrine dwelling, lacuslake dwelling, lacuspile dwelling, log cabin, log house, shack, shebang, tepee, topek, house, mansion, place, villa, cottage, box, lodge, hermitage, rus in urbe, folly, rotunda, tower, chateau, castle, pavilion, hotel, court, manor-house, capital messuage, hall, palace, kiosk, bungalow, casa, country seat, apartment house, flat house, frame house, shingle house, tenement house, temple, hamlet, village, thorp, dorp, ham, kraal, borough, burgh, town, city, capital, metropolis, suburb, province, country, county town, county seat, courthouse, ghetto, street, place, terrace, parade, esplanade, alameda, board walk, embankment, road, row, lane, alley, court, quadrangle, quad, wynd, close, yard, passage, rents, buildings, mews, square, polygon, circus, crescent, mall, piazza, arcade, colonnade, peristyle, cloister, gardens, grove, residences, block of buildings, market place, place, plaza, anchorage, roadstead, roads, dock, basin, wharf, quay, port, harbor, quarter, parish, assembly room, meetinghouse, pump room, spa, watering place, inn, hostel, hostelry, hotel, tavern, caravansary, dak bungalow, khan, hospice, public house, pub, pot house, mug house, gin mill, gin palace, bar, bar room, barrel house, cabaret, chophouse, club, clubhouse, cookshop, dive, exchange, grill room, saloon, shebeen, coffee house, eating house, canteen, restaurant, buffet, cafe, estaminet, posada, almshouse, poorhouse, townhouse, garden, park, pleasure ground, plaisance, demesne, cage, terrarium, doghouse, pen, aviary, barn, stall, zoo, urban, metropolitan, suburban, provincial, rural, rustic, domestic, cosmopolitan, palatial, eigner Hert ist goldes Werth, even cities have their graves, ubi libertas ibi patria, home sweet home.For further exploring for "hut" in Webster Dictionary Online