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Hutch

To place in huts; to live in huts; as, to hut troops in winter quarters.

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Cage 76% connected

A box or inclosure, wholly or partly of openwork, in wood or metal, used for confining birds or other animals.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Coop 76% connected

A barrel or cask for liquor.

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Shelter 76% connected

That which covers or defends from injury or annoyance; a protection; a screen.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Igloo 76% connected

An Eskimo snow house.

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Hovel 92% connected

An open shed for sheltering cattle, or protecting produce, etc., from the weather.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Hut 92% connected

A small house, hivel, or cabin; a mean lodge or dwelling; a slightly built or temporary structure.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Shack 92% connected

To shed or fall, as corn or grain at harvest.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Shanty 92% connected

Jaunty; showy.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Altar noun · 86% connection

a raised structure on which gifts or sacrifices to a god are made

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Arcade noun · 86% connection

a structure composed of a series of arches supported by columns

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Arch noun · 86% connection

(architecture) a masonry construction (usually curved) for spanning an opening and supporting the weight above it

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Area noun · 86% connection

a part of a structure having some specific characteristic or function; "the spacious cooking area provided plenty of room for servants"

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Arena noun · 86% connection

a large structure for open-air sports or entertainments

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Balance noun · 86% connection

equality of distribution

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Balcony noun · 86% connection

a platform projecting from the wall of a building and surrounded by a balustrade or railing or parapet

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Bascule noun · 86% connection

a structure or device in which one end is counterbalanced by the other (on the principle of the seesaw)

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Boarding noun · 86% connection

a structure of boards

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Body noun · 86% connection

the external structure of a vehicle; "the body of the car was badly rusted"

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Bowl noun · 86% connection

a large structure for open-air sports or entertainments

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Bridge noun · 86% connection

a structure that allows people or vehicles to cross an obstacle such as a river or canal or railway etc.

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Building noun · 86% connection

a structure that has a roof and walls and stands more or less permanently in one place; "there was a three-story building on the corne…

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Catchment noun · 86% connection

a structure in which water is collected (especially a natural drainage area)

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Coil noun · 86% connection

a structure consisting of something wound in a continuous series of loops; "a coil of rope"

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Colonnade noun · 86% connection

a structure composed of a series of arches supported by columns

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Column noun · 86% connection

a vertical cylindrical structure standing alone and not supporting anything (such as a monument)

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Complex noun · 86% connection

a whole structure (as a building) made up of interconnected or related structures

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Autumn noun · 78% connection

The third season of the year, or the season between summer and winter, often called "the fall." Astronomically, it begins in the north…

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Barrack noun · 78% connection

A building for soldiers, especially when in garrison. Commonly in the pl., originally meaning temporary huts, but now usually applied…

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Battalion noun · 78% connection

A body of troops; esp. a body of troops or an army in battle array.

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Camp noun · 78% connection

The ground or spot on which tents, huts, etc., are erected for shelter, as for an army or for lumbermen, etc.

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Canton verb · 78% connection

To allot separate quarters to, as to different parts or divisions of an army or body of troops.

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Cantonment noun · 78% connection

A town or village, or part of a town or village, assigned to a body of troops for quarters; temporary shelter or place of rest for an…

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Deploy v. t. & i. · 78% connection

To open out; to unfold; to spread out (a body of troops) in such a way that they shall display a wider front and less depth; -- the re…

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Door noun · 78% connection

a structure where people live or work (usually ordered along a street or road); "the office next door"; "they live two doors up the st…

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Dormouse noun · 78% connection

A small European rodent of the genus Myoxus, of several species. They live in trees and feed on nuts, acorns, etc.; -- so called becau…

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Encamp verb · 78% connection

To form and occupy a camp; to prepare and settle in temporary habitations, as tents or huts; to halt on a march, pitch tents, or form…

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Encampment noun · 78% connection

The place where an army or a company is encamped; a camp; tents pitched or huts erected for temporary lodgings.

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Fort noun · 78% connection

A strong or fortified place; usually, a small fortified place, occupied only by troops, surrounded with a ditch, rampart, and parapet,…

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Hacienda noun · 78% connection

A large estate where work of any kind is done, as agriculture, manufacturing, mining, or raising of animals; a cultivated farm, with a…

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Headquarters n. sing. · 78% connection

The quarters or place of residence of any chief officer, as the general in command of an army, or the head of a police force; the plac…

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