noun

hut

HUT/hʌt/

A small, simply built dwelling or shelter.

The tiny wooden hut has a thatched roof and one low doorway.

A single tiny, roughly built wooden hut with a simple pitched thatch roof, one low doorway, and one small window, isolated on a modest patch of ground.

Etymology

Hütte named a cottage or hut, so the dwelling sense is inherited rather than figurative. The word apparently first appeared in English in military use.

In context

Witch Doctor190:20

I want to do is get some of them settled in here lots of eggs lots of chicks and hopefully we'll have a small poultry concern here to roof the hut

Victorian Farm Episodes 1-6

More examples

They build a hut from branches and dried grass.
Several wooden huts stand along the beach.
The mountain hut has just enough room for two beds.

Forms

hut · huts

Similar words

cabin: Usually a sturdier dwelling, often built of wood.
shack: Emphasizes poor construction or condition rather than simplicity alone.
shelter: Any place offering protection, not necessarily a small building.