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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
  • In celebration of the Great Backyard Bird Count this weekend, hikers will follow along the main trail, the old campground and the creekside trail for about 2 to 3 miles at an easy pace to count birds.
    Pomerado News, San Diego Union-Tribune, 6 Feb. 2025
  • The mother sun bear and cub appeared at the edge of an empty campground in Kaeng Krachan National Park, Thailand’s Department of National Parks, Wildlife and Plant Conservation said in a Jan. 17 Facebook post.
    Aspen Pflughoeft, Miami Herald, 21 Jan. 2025
Noun
  • The short trail passes faithful re-creations of domed huts and paperbark canoes, offering a glimpse of how the Indigenous Needwonnee people lived and cultivated the land.
    Justin Meneguzzi, Travel + Leisure, 8 Feb. 2025
  • Some of the 33 rooms in the 5-star Auberge de la Maison are inspired by real mountain huts while others have a more romantic style.
    Joanne Shurvell, Forbes, 20 Jan. 2025
Noun
  • Or brighten up your campsite with Asmad Solar Garden Lights, currently 41 percent off.
    Rosie Marder, Travel + Leisure, 16 Feb. 2025
  • The estimates are based on similar carvings discovered, and dated, elsewhere and on artifacts discovered at nearby campsites.
    John Diers, Twin Cities, 7 Feb. 2025
Noun
  • In Mae La camp, Rosella can’t stray far from her oxygen tank.
    Ivan Watson, CNN, 11 Feb. 2025
  • Read on to find a list of foods in the latter camp that registered dietitians wholeheartedly recommend.
    Erica Sloan, SELF, 11 Feb. 2025
Noun
  • Spending time at his family cabin was Jim’s favorite happy place, either alone or especially with family.
    Contributed Content, Twin Cities, 7 Feb. 2025
  • The first one had taken hold 30 years earlier, on the drive to his old Pinetop-Lakeside cabin.
    Justine Harman, Vulture, 6 Feb. 2025
Noun
  • The lumbering animal had wandered aimlessly around the old mill and through several of the old mining shacks.
    Frank C. Hibben, Outdoor Life, 13 Feb. 2025
  • There were many memories made there and the grandchildren loved their time at the deer shack.
    Contributed Content, Twin Cities, 7 Feb. 2025
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“Hutment.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/hutment. Accessed 22 Feb. 2025.

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