hut

Meaning

Noun

1. A small, simple one-storey dwelling or shelter, often with just one room, and generally built of readily available local materials.
2. A small wooden shed.
3. (obsolete) A small stack of grain.

Verb

1. To provide (someone) with shelter in a hut.
2. To take shelter in a hut.
3. (obsolete) To stack (sheaves of grain).

Intj

Called by the quarterback to prepare the team for a play.

Synonyms

shack

cottage

cabin

shed

house

🏠

shanty

hovel

lodge

shelter

booth

building

tent

⛺

barrack

home

🏠

hutch

temporary house

army hut

field hut

cot

humpy

dwelling

hermitage

small house

room

shop

temporary shelter

pen

🖊️

place

place of residence

scaffold

screen

shield

🛡️

single room

sliver

small

square

squat

stall

structure

watchtower

pavillion

posthouse

temporary quarters

humble cottage

dilapidated house

earth-house

peasant house

temporary shed

area

hupp

asylum

bivouac

bothy

box

📦

bridge

bungalow

cabana

cants

cell

compartment

construction

🚧

country

countryside

dormitory

dugout

edifice

fabric

homeland

household

kiosk

lean-to

line

log cabin

mansion

nation

Pronounced as (IPA)

/hʌt/

Etymology

From Middle English *hutte, hotte, from both Old English hōd and Old English hȳdan (“to hide”) and influenced by Anglo-Norman hute or hutte, from Middle French hutte, from Old French hute (“hut”), hute (“cottage”), from Old High German hutta (“hut, cottage”), from Proto-Germanic *hudjǭ, *hudjō (“hut”), from Proto-Indo-European *(s)kewt- (“to deck; cover; covering; skin”).
Cognate with German Hütte (“hut”), Dutch hut (“hut”), West Frisian hutte (“hut”), Saterland Frisian Hutte (“hut”), Danish hytte (“hut”), Norwegian Bokmål hytte (“hut”), Swedish hydda (“hut”). Related to hide.