hut

Meanings

Plural: huts

Noun

temporary military shelter
small crude shelter used as a dwelling
A small, simple one-storey dwelling or shelter, often with just one room, and generally built of readily available local materials.
A small wooden shed.
A small stack of grain.

Verb

To provide (someone) with shelter in a hut.
To take shelter in a hut.
To stack (sheaves of grain).

Intj

Called by the quarterback to prepare the team for a play.

Origin / Etymology

From Middle English *hutte, hotte, from both Old English hōd and Old English hȳdan (“to hide”) and influenced by Anglo-Norman hute or hutte, from Middle French hutte, from Old French hute (“hut”), hute (“cottage”), from Old High German hutta (“hut, cottage”), from Proto-Germanic *hudjǭ, *hudjō (“hut”), from Proto-Indo-European *(s)kewt- (“to deck; cover; covering; skin”).
Cognate with German Hütte (“hut”), Dutch hut (“hut”), West Frisian hutte (“hut”), Saterland Frisian Hutte (“hut”), Danish hytte (“hut”), Norwegian Bokmål hytte (“hut”), Swedish hydda (“hut”). Related to hide.

Synonyms

army hut, field hut, hovel, hutch, shack, shanty

Scrabble Score: 6

hut is a valid Scrabble (US) TWL word
hut is a valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary
hut is a valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary

Words With Friends Score: 6

hut is a valid Words With Friends word