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# hut

noun (a hut, huts)

«hut» in the English dictionary: everyday — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

A small, simple building, often made of wood, mud or metal, used for shelter or storage. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/hut/#m1)

### In the lessons

In history and geography lessons people in the past or in some places today live in huts of mud, straw or wood. In everyday life: «a beach hut», «a garden hut», «a ski hut», «a mountain hut» for walkers. In stories a hut is a poor or lonely home, like a woodcutter's hut.

### Examples

- The woodcutter lived in a small hut in the forest. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/hut/#x1)
- We sheltered from the rain in a mountain hut. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/hut/#x2)
- Stone Age people built huts from wood and animal skins. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/hut/#x3)
- Our family rents a beach hut in the summer. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/hut/#x4)
- The tools are kept in a hut at the end of the garden. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/hut/#x5)
- The hut had one room and a tiny window. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/hut/#x6)
- Soon the straw hut was ready. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/hut/#x7)

### Note

Countable: a hut, huts. A hut is smaller and simpler than a house or cabin. Do not confuse with «hat» (something you wear) — only one vowel is different.

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «hut» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/hut/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«hut» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/hut.html) on Mova free.