Hutment
Hutment noun - A place where a group of people live for a short time in tents or cabins.
Usage example: the arriving national guardsmen were forced to live in a hutment until permanent barracks could be constructed
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Shantytown and hutment are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Shantytown" instead a noun "Hutment".
Nearby Word: hut
Shantytown
Shantytown noun - A city district inhabited by people living in huts and shanties.
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Shantytown and Hutment. (2017). Retrieved 2026, July 27, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/hutment/shantytown
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