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HUTMENT
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Dictionary entry overview: What does hutment mean?
• HUTMENT (noun)
The noun HUTMENT has 1 sense:
1. an encampment of huts (chiefly military)
Familiarity information: HUTMENT used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
An encampment of huts (chiefly military)
Classified under:
Nouns denoting man-made objects
Hypernyms ("hutment" is a kind of...):
bivouac; camp; cantonment; encampment (temporary living quarters specially built by the army for soldiers)
Domain category:
armed forces; armed services; military; military machine; war machine (the military forces of a nation)
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