lean-to

noun

Definition of lean-tonext
as in hut

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Recent Examples of lean-to The 400-square-foot building, sandwiched between two brick houses, was a two-chair barbershop in the early 1930s, with the Cassady family crammed into a lean-to on the back. — John Wenzel, The Denver Post, 13 Mar. 2025 In late September, migrants battled rain and filth from their camping tents and makeshift lean-tos. — Lauren Villagran, USA TODAY, 2 Dec. 2024 Instead, the family only made it as far as Mexico City and were stuck, in late September, living in a tent in plaza crowded with dozens of other tents and lean-tos, where people from Venezuela, Cuba, Haiti, Angola and other countries were all struggling to keep out the rain. — Lauren Villagran, USA TODAY, 13 Oct. 2024
Recent Examples of Synonyms for lean-to
  1. hut
  2. shed
  3. shack
  4. shanty
  5. hovel
  6. cottage
  7. camp
Noun
  • My favorite hut is Zealand, because the wood-burning stove keeps the bunks toasty on chilly nights.
    — Outside Online, Outside Online, 12 Mar. 2025
  • In December 2024, the brand opened a cute hut that could have been plucked out of a Disney cartoon on the beach of the St. Regis Kanai Resort in Riviera Maya.
    — Hikmat Mohammed, WWD, 9 Mar. 2025
Definition of hut
Noun
  • The responding officer, recognizing the man in the shed as Miller, told him his father was worried about him and offered him a ride home in his squad car.
    — Ellen Moynihan, New York Daily News, 20 Mar. 2025
  • Underrated Spots to Find Shed Antlers All of the spots listed above are excellent areas to find sheds.
    — Josh Honeycutt, Outdoor Life, 20 Mar. 2025
Definition of shed
Noun
  • Ginny Wiley, now in her 80s, grew up in her grandfather’s store, a wooden shack called Wiley’s Bait and Tackle, and took it over decades later.
    — Nancy Walecki, The Atlantic, 18 Mar. 2025
  • This island leans more rural, with a heavy agriculture presence and a few bonafide seafood shacks.
    — Kayleigh Ruller, Charlotte Observer, 12 Mar. 2025
Definition of shack
Noun
  • His drug crackdown killed thousands; many of the victims were young men from impoverished shanty towns, shot by police and rogue gunmen as part of a campaign to target dealers.
    — Rob Picheta, CNN, 11 Mar. 2025
  • Some shanties are nylon and collapsible while others are wooden and metal structures akin to a small shed.
    — Brian Kaiser, New York Times, 8 Feb. 2025
Definition of shanty
Noun
  • An adventurous death trip that will magically drive them both from their hovel to the wild mountains and up to New York, from suffocating reality to absolute freedom.
    — Matthew Carey, Deadline, 20 Feb. 2025
  • Well nuclear is back, because AI needs it, not because peasants risk freezing in their hovels.
    — Clem Chambers, Forbes, 10 Oct. 2024
Definition of hovel
Noun
  • Homeowners Katie and Jared Hyatt fondly named their 1866 cottage on Main Street in Madison, Georgia, ‘The Few House’.
    — Cameron Beall, Southern Living, 22 Mar. 2025
  • And what of the fact that Snow White, abandoned in the woods (where the Huntsman is too kindhearted to carry out the Evil Queen’s order to murder her), comes upon a cottage where seven cute, quarrelsome 249-year-old short men with Amish beards live in bachelor squalor and become her protectors?
    — Owen Gleiberman, Variety, 19 Mar. 2025
Definition of cottage
Noun
  • Strikes across Gaza pounded homes, sparked fires in a tent camp outside the southern city of Khan Younis and hit at least one school-turned-shelter.
    — arkansasonline.com, arkansasonline.com, 19 Mar. 2025
  • There are a lot of places to camp in the Ocala National Forest, but Alexander Springs Campground offers a peaceful retreat with direct access to one of Florida’s most beautiful first-magnitude springs.
    — Kelsey Glennon, Southern Living, 19 Mar. 2025
Definition of camp

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