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A hut is a small and crude shelter, usually used for dwelling
Dwelling

Dwelling - as well as being a term for a house, or for living somewhere, or for lingering somewhere - is a philosophical concept which was developed by Martin Heidegger....
. Its design favors local techniques and materials to allow for swift and inexpensive construction.

are used as temporary shelter by people. Huts are quickly built of natural materials such as ice
Ice

Ice is a solid phases of matter, usually crystalline solid, of a non-metallic substance that is liquid or gas at room temperature, such as ammonia ice or methane ice....
, leather
Leather

Leather is a material created through the tanning of rawhides and skins of animals, primarily cattlehide. The tanning process converts the putrescible skin into a durable, long-lasting and versatile natural material for various uses....
, fur
Fur

Fur is a Hair of any non-human mammal, also known as the pelage. It may consist of short ground hair, long guard hair, and, in some cases, medium awn hair....
, straw
Straw

Straw is an agricultural by-product, the dry wikt:stalk of a cereal plant, after the grain or seed has been removed. Straw makes up about half of the yield of cereal crops such as barley, oats, rice, rye and wheat....
, palm leaves
Leaf

In botany, a leaf is an above-ground plant Organ specialized for photosynthesis. For this purpose, a leaf is typically flat and thin, to expose the cells containing chloroplast to light over a broad area, and to allow light to penetrate fully into the tissues....
,branches and/or mud
MUD

In Online game, a MUD , pronounced /m?d/, is a multi-user real-time virtual world described entirely in text. It combines elements of role-playing games, hack and slash, interactive fiction, and online chat....
 and exist in practically all nomad
Nomad

Nomadic people, , also known as nomads, are communities of people who move from one place to another, rather than Settler in one location....
ic cultures. Some huts are easily transportable.

Huts are used by shepherds during movement of livestock between seasonal grazing areas such as mountainous and lowland pasture
Pasture

Pasture is land with herbaceous vegetation cover used for grazing of ungulate livestock as part of a farm or ranch. Prior to the advent of factory farming, pasture was the primary source of food for grazing animals such as cattle and horses....
s (transhumance
Transhumance

Transhumance is the seasonal movement of people with their livestock over relatively short distances, typically to higher pastures in summer and to lower valleys in winter....
).






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A hut is a small and crude shelter, usually used for dwelling
Dwelling

Dwelling - as well as being a term for a house, or for living somewhere, or for lingering somewhere - is a philosophical concept which was developed by Martin Heidegger....
. Its design favors local techniques and materials to allow for swift and inexpensive construction.

Modern use

Huts are used as temporary shelter by people. Huts are quickly built of natural materials such as ice
Ice

Ice is a solid phases of matter, usually crystalline solid, of a non-metallic substance that is liquid or gas at room temperature, such as ammonia ice or methane ice....
, leather
Leather

Leather is a material created through the tanning of rawhides and skins of animals, primarily cattlehide. The tanning process converts the putrescible skin into a durable, long-lasting and versatile natural material for various uses....
, fur
Fur

Fur is a Hair of any non-human mammal, also known as the pelage. It may consist of short ground hair, long guard hair, and, in some cases, medium awn hair....
, straw
Straw

Straw is an agricultural by-product, the dry wikt:stalk of a cereal plant, after the grain or seed has been removed. Straw makes up about half of the yield of cereal crops such as barley, oats, rice, rye and wheat....
, palm leaves
Leaf

In botany, a leaf is an above-ground plant Organ specialized for photosynthesis. For this purpose, a leaf is typically flat and thin, to expose the cells containing chloroplast to light over a broad area, and to allow light to penetrate fully into the tissues....
,branches and/or mud
MUD

In Online game, a MUD , pronounced /m?d/, is a multi-user real-time virtual world described entirely in text. It combines elements of role-playing games, hack and slash, interactive fiction, and online chat....
 and exist in practically all nomad
Nomad

Nomadic people, , also known as nomads, are communities of people who move from one place to another, rather than Settler in one location....
ic cultures. Some huts are easily transportable.

Huts are used by shepherds during movement of livestock between seasonal grazing areas such as mountainous and lowland pasture
Pasture

Pasture is land with herbaceous vegetation cover used for grazing of ungulate livestock as part of a farm or ranch. Prior to the advent of factory farming, pasture was the primary source of food for grazing animals such as cattle and horses....
s (transhumance
Transhumance

Transhumance is the seasonal movement of people with their livestock over relatively short distances, typically to higher pastures in summer and to lower valleys in winter....
). Some displaced populations of people use huts throughout the world during a diaspora
Diaspora

The term diaspora refers to the movement of any population sharing common ethnicity identity who were either forced to leave or voluntarily left their Settler territory, and became residents in areas often far removed from the former....
. For example; temporary collectors in the wilderness agricultural workers at plantations in the Amazon
Amazon Rainforest

The Amazon rainforest , also known as Amazonia, or the Amazon jungle, is a Tropical and subtropical moist broadleaf forests that covers most of the Amazon Basin of South America....
 jungle. Huts have been built for purposes such as storage, workshops, and teaching.

The term has also been adopted by climbers
Climbing

Climbing is the activity of using one's hands and feet to ascend a steep object. It is done both for recreation and professionally, as part of activities such as maintenance of a structure, or military operations....
 and backpackers
Backpacking (wilderness)

Backpacking combines hiking and Camping in a single trip. A backpacker hikes into the backcountry to spend one or more nights there, and carries supplies and equipment to satisfy sleeping and eating needs....
 to refer to a more solid and permanent structure offerring refuge. These vary from simple bothies
Bothy

A bothy is a basic shelter, usually left unlocked and available for anyone to use free of charge. It was also a term for basic accommodation, usually for gardeners or other workers on an estate....
 - which are little more than very basic shelters; to mountain huts which are far more luxurious and can even include facilities such as restaurants.

Types

  • Rondavel
    Rondavel

    A rondavel is a traditional African-style house.The rondavel is usually round in shape and is traditionally made with materials that can be locally obtained in raw form....
     - Central and South Africa
  • Mokhoro - Central and South Africa
  • Yurt
    Yurt

    A yurt is a portable, felt-covered, wood latticework-framed dwelling structure used by nomads in the steppes of Central Asia....
     - Central and North Asia
  • Tipi
    Tipi

    A tipi is a conical tent originally made of animal skins or birch bark and popularized by the Native Americans in the United States of the Great Plains....
     - Central North America
  • Tule hut - Coastal North America, West Coast, Northern California
  • Cabana
    Cabana (structure)

    A cabana or caba?a is a structure of either of these types:* a small Hut built with a thatched roof, most commonly built in tropical climates near bodies of water....
  • Kabano
  • Hytte - Norway
  • Barracks
    Barracks

    Barracks are living quarters for personnel on a military post. They are typically very plain and all of the buildings in the housing unit are often uniform structures....
  • Igloo
    Igloo

    An igloo , translated sometimes as snowhouse, is the Inuit word for house or habitation, and is not restricted exclusively to snowhouses but includes traditional tents, sod houses, homes constructed of driftwood and modern buildings....
  • Quinzhee
    Quinzhee

    A quinzhee or quinzee is a shelter made by hollowing out a pile of settled snow. This is in contrast to an igloo, which is made from blocks of snow....
  • Burdei
    Burdei

    A bordei is a type of Dugout shelter, somewhat between a sod house and a log cabin. This style is native to the Carpathian Mountains of Eastern Europe but closely resembles similar buildings from elsewhere such as the French-Canadian caveux....
     Ukraine, Canada
  • Quonset


Marketing usage

Hut is used to name commercial stores, companies and concepts. This is in an effort to transmit the idea of a cozy place in a corner where you can get things, such as in Pizza Hut
Pizza Hut

Pizza Hut is a restaurant chain and international franchising based in Addison, Texas, Texas, United States offering different styles of pizza along with side dishes including pasta, buffalo wings, breadsticks, and garlic bread....
. Huts built in park
Park

A park is a Environmental protection, in its natural or semi-natural state or planted, and set aside for human recreation and enjoyment....
s or public places are sometimes used to sell food and other wares.

See also

  • Bothy
    Bothy

    A bothy is a basic shelter, usually left unlocked and available for anyone to use free of charge. It was also a term for basic accommodation, usually for gardeners or other workers on an estate....
     - simple shelter
  • Wilderness hut
    Wilderness hut

    A wilderness hut is a rent-free, open dwelling place for temporary accommodation, usually located in wilderness areas, national parks and along backpacking routes....
     - rent-free, open dwelling place for temporary accommodation
  • Mountain hut
  • Log cabin
    Log cabin

    A log cabin is a small house built from loggings. It is a simple type of log house. A distinction should be drawn between the traditional meanings of "log cabin" and "log house." "Log cabin" generally denotes a simple one, or one-and-one-half story structure, somewhat impermanent, and less finished or less architecturally sophisticated....
     - small house built from logs
  • Vernacular architecture
    Vernacular architecture

    Vernacular architecture is a term used to categorise methods of construction which use locally available resources and traditions to address local needs....
     - traditional architecture in a particular area
  • Backcountry hut
    Backcountry hut

    Backcountry huts are hut that serve overnight hiking and backpacking needs and can be found in many places in the world....
     – huts that serve overnight hiking and trekking needs
  • Nissen hut
    Nissen hut

    The Nissen hut is a prefabricated steel structure made from a half-cylindrical skin of corrugated iron steel, a variant of which was used extensively during the World War II by the British Empire and Military of the United States to build army camps and airbases....
     – prefabricated steel structure made from a semi-circle of corrugated steel
  • Quonset hut
    Quonset hut

    A Quonset hut is a lightweight prefabricated structure of corrugated galvanised iron having a semicircular cross section. The design was based on the Nissen hut developed by the British during World War I....
     – lightweight prefabricated structure of corrugated steel having a semicircular cross section