English Explanatory Dictionary

hut

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A small, simple one-storey dwelling or shelter, often with just one room, and generally built of readily available local materials.
  2. A small wooden shed.
  3. A small stack of grain.
verb
  1. To provide (someone) with shelter in a hut.
  2. To take shelter in a hut.
  3. To stack (sheaves of grain).
intj
  1. Called by the quarterback to prepare the team for a play.
noun
  1. Acronym of home/household using television.

Pronunciation

/hʌt/ en-us-hut.ogg /hʊt/

Word forms

hut huts hutting hutted

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.

Related words

cabin cottage shack shanty ten-hut

Derived words

bathing hut beach hut booby hut hut circle hutkeeper hutless hutlet hutlike hutmaster hutment hut tax hutting Iris hut nipa hut Nissen hut observation hut outhut palaver hut Quonset hut Romney hut slab hut
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