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Igloo vs Hut - What's the difference?

igloo | hut |

As nouns the difference between igloo and hut

is that igloo is a dome-shaped Inuit shelter, constructed of blocks cut from snow while hut is a small wooden shed.

As a verb hut is

to put into a hut.

igloo

English

Alternative forms

* (l)

Noun

(en noun)
  • A dome-shaped Inuit shelter, constructed of blocks cut from snow.
  • (zoology) A cavity, or excavation, made in the snow by a seal, over its breathing hole in the sea ice.

    • See also

    (Native American dwellings) * quinzhee * snow fort

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    hut

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • a small wooden shed
  • a primitive dwelling

    • Verb

    (hutt)
  • (rare, archaic, transitive) to put into a hut
    • to hut troops in winter quarters
  • (rare, archaic, intransitive) to take shelter in a hut
  • * Washington Irving
    • The troops hutted among the heights of Morristown.

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