HUT

hovel, hut, hutch, shack, shanty

(noun) small crude shelter used as a dwelling

hut, army hut, field hut

(noun) temporary military shelter

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology 1

Noun

hut (plural huts)

A small, simple one-storey dwelling or shelter, often with just one room, and generally built of readily available local materials.

A small wooden shed.

(agriculture, obsolete) A small stack of grain.

Verb

hut (third-person singular simple present huts, present participle hutting, simple past and past participle hutted)

(archaic, transitive) To provide (someone) with shelter in a hut.

(archaic, intransitive) To take shelter in a hut.

(agriculture, obsolete, transitive) To stack (sheaves of grain).

Etymology 2

Interjection

hut

(American football) Called by the quarterback to prepare the team for a play.

Anagrams

• THU, Thu, UHT

Source: Wiktionary


Hut, n. Etym: [OE. hotte; akin to D. hut, G. hĂĽtte, OHG. hutta, Dan. hytte, Sw. hydda; and F. hutte, of G. origin; all akin to E. hide to conceal. See Hude to conceal.]

Definition: A small house, hivel, or cabin; a mean lodge or dwelling; a slightly built or temporary structure. Death comes on with equal footsteps To the hall and hut. Bp. Coxe.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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