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as in campground
a place where a group of people live for a short time in tents or cabins the arriving national guardsmen were forced to live in a hutment until permanent barracks could be constructed

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as in hut
a small, simply constructed, and often temporary dwelling a group of shabby hutments that had been erected to shelter the refugees

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Noun
  • Cunningham said the festival’s first Thursday night performance, with DJ Chris Lake delivering a set on the campgrounds, caused people to come earlier than usual.
    Tom Coulter, USA Today, 17 Apr. 2025
  • Image To avoid packing and unpacking every night, participants stay a few days at each site — the 2025 edition will split its time between two Pennsylvania campgrounds, in Equinunk and Mount Bethel.
    Elisabeth Vincentelli, New York Times, 14 Apr. 2025
Noun
  • The Appalachian Mountain Club operates eight huts across 50 miles, a potential relief for hikers who are looking to get inside for a snack or stay.
    Grayson Haver Currin, Outside Online, 7 Apr. 2025
  • There was nothing left there but ruins and two stone century huts, the cemetery monument, and what used to be the high school auditorium.
    Ari Daniel, Smithsonian Magazine, 3 Apr. 2025
Noun
  • Ron became a frequent visitor to the trapping campsite, and his many tales told ’round the fire proved more than ample to further my recent affliction.
    Thomas Weddle, Outdoor Life, 17 Apr. 2025
  • On the morning of Feb. 24, officers returned to the campsite.
    Ariane Lange, Sacbee.com, 17 Apr. 2025
Noun
  • Piastri and his camp, led by steely former F1 racer Mark Webber, were frustrated with Alpine’s slow progress towards his F1 graduation.
    Alex Kalinauckas, New York Times, 24 Apr. 2025
  • All this chill time at camp is really allowing the social dynamics to finally breathe and evolve.
    Sydney Bucksbaum, EW.com, 24 Apr. 2025
Noun
  • But the Transformers star eventually built a rustic cabin.
    Colson Thayer, People.com, 18 Apr. 2025
  • All cabins offer room service and the restaurant car serves lunch, dinner and afternoon tea.
    Passport by ForbesLife, Forbes.com, 18 Apr. 2025
Noun
  • The fishing shack was probably the one that took the longest.
    Mike Miller, EW.com, 26 Apr. 2025
  • Back home soft-shell crabs are literally on the roadside at shacks that sell seafood.
    Betty Hallock, Los Angeles Times, 16 Apr. 2025
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“Hutment.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/hutment. Accessed 1 May. 2025.

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