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hutment

noun

ˈhət-mənt

Definition of hutment

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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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

The site in rural Cochise County, Arizona, already has a visitor center, campground and hiking trails.

— ABC News, ABC News, 7 Oct. 2026
Having the marram grass there will mean one less chore for the maintenance crews in the busy summer season as well as beautifying the entrance to the campground, Deerwester said.

— Doug Ross, Chicago Tribune, 28 Sep. 2026

Definition of campground

Noun

The spa Floating above the turquoise waters, the spa is made up of a reception and five different treatment huts—each one soundtracked by the hum of the ocean.

— Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 6 Oct. 2026
These were the fans known as the Krombacher Ultras, named for the German Pilsner served at the tea hut.

— Vanda Mayer, New Yorker, 6 Oct. 2026

Definition of hut

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The Banyan Tree has taken over a site that includes an existing camp, the Ashar Tented Resort, and five Royal Villas, which are separate from the new property.

— Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 6 Oct. 2026
Johnson missed time in training camp for personal reasons before saying that this season would probably be his last.

— ABC News, ABC News, 6 Oct. 2026

Definition of camp

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Gun homicides mostly affect South Africa’s poorest communities in townships and informal settlements made up of shacks and small homes on the edges of big cities.

— Gerald Imray, Los Angeles Times, 27 Sep. 2026
Gun homicides mostly affect South Africa's poorest communities in townships and informal settlements made up of shacks and small homes on the edges of many big cities.

— ABC News, ABC News, 27 Sep. 2026

Definition of shack

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In video that Musayev shot and shared with The Associated Press, the captain lay on the floor of the cabin, saying his head was in pain.

— Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 2 Oct. 2026
Inside the cabin, extensive additional sound deadening in the doors, trunk and wheel arches means phone calls and passenger conversations are entirely effortless at highway speeds.

— New Atlas, New Atlas, 2 Oct. 2026

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