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Synonyms for huts

Grammar : Noun
Spell : huht
Phonetic Transcription : hÊŒt

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Définition of huts

Origin :
  • 1650s, from French hutte "cottage" (16c.), from Middle High German hütte "cottage, hut," probably from Proto-Germanic *hudjon-, related to the root of Old English hydan "to hide," from PIE *keudh-, from root (s)keu- (see hide (n.1)). Apparently first in English as a military word. Old Saxon hutta, Danish hytte, Swedish hytta, Frisian and Middle Dutch hutte, Dutch hut are from High German.
  • noun tiny, often roughly built, house
Example sentences :
  • There was a smell of cooking, and the people gathering between the huts.
  • Extract from : « The Trail Book » by Mary Austin
  • There was not a trace of houses, or huts, or cairns visible.
  • Extract from : « The Field of Ice » by Jules Verne
  • The north wind was blowing this evening, and the huts were all closed.
  • Extract from : « Roden's Corner » by Henry Seton Merriman
  • The army lived in huts, which, as Lafayette exclaimed, "were no gayer than dungeons."
  • Extract from : « The Nation in a Nutshell » by George Makepeace Towle
  • But there were only poor families in the village who had no room for him in their huts.
  • Extract from : « The Chinese Fairy Book » by Various
  • The whole nation of the Taensas consists only of about one hundred huts.
  • Extract from : « The History of Louisiana » by Le Page Du Pratz
  • This nation consists only of one village of about thirty huts.
  • Extract from : « The History of Louisiana » by Le Page Du Pratz
  • They are a pretty considerable nation, having about two hundred huts.
  • Extract from : « The History of Louisiana » by Le Page Du Pratz
  • By our manner of proceeding one would have thought that we came only to view the huts.
  • Extract from : « The History of Louisiana » by Le Page Du Pratz
  • The first task was to rebuild the huts and move into them from their ships.
  • Extract from : « Introductory American History » by Henry Eldridge Bourne
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