as in hut
a round tent that was used in the past by Native Americans as a house or shelter
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Recent Examples of wigwam
Its layout also ties the home to its earthly landscape; the living room is inspired by the Native American wigwam, with elements including a central fireplace and a hole in the top to let the smoke out.
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Chloe Arrojado, AFAR Media, 15 Apr. 2025
Other kinds of algorithms underlie the repeating sequences of bent wood arcs that make up Native American wigwams, canoes and cradles.
—Audrey G. Bennett, The Conversation, 10 Aug. 2023
President Franklin Delano Roosevelt receives a miniature wigwam at a Boy Scout camp in New York State in 1933.
—NBC news, 19 Apr. 2023
The monastery is a former motel with a lobby in the shape of a wigwam, where Bran’s mother meditates and vacuums and rapidly dies of ovarian cancer, which means Bran never gets to ask whether the call of the nunnery was worth abandoning a daughter.
—New York Times, 17 May 2022
Uncommon accommodations: Snooze in a caboose, a yacht, a wigwam or a swanky tent.
—AZCentral.com, 4 June 2021
Snooze in a caboose, a yacht, a wigwam or a swanky tent.
—Roger Naylor, The Arizona Republic, 12 May 2021
The Nowashe Village will include a main village, two wigwams, an archaeology laboratory, a wetland with a boardwalk, a fire circle which will be used for storytelling, and the Three Sisters Garden.
—Quoron Walker, courant.com, 11 Oct. 2019
The museum was built in 1930 and is meant to mimic the colonial architecture — thatched roof cottages, wigwams, and more – of the 1600s.
—Kayla Keegan, Good Housekeeping, 24 June 2019
Chloe Arrojado, AFAR Media, 15 Apr. 2025
Other kinds of algorithms underlie the repeating sequences of bent wood arcs that make up Native American wigwams, canoes and cradles.
—Audrey G. Bennett, The Conversation, 10 Aug. 2023
President Franklin Delano Roosevelt receives a miniature wigwam at a Boy Scout camp in New York State in 1933.
—NBC news, 19 Apr. 2023
The monastery is a former motel with a lobby in the shape of a wigwam, where Bran’s mother meditates and vacuums and rapidly dies of ovarian cancer, which means Bran never gets to ask whether the call of the nunnery was worth abandoning a daughter.
—New York Times, 17 May 2022
Uncommon accommodations: Snooze in a caboose, a yacht, a wigwam or a swanky tent.
—AZCentral.com, 4 June 2021
Snooze in a caboose, a yacht, a wigwam or a swanky tent.
—Roger Naylor, The Arizona Republic, 12 May 2021
The Nowashe Village will include a main village, two wigwams, an archaeology laboratory, a wetland with a boardwalk, a fire circle which will be used for storytelling, and the Three Sisters Garden.
—Quoron Walker, courant.com, 11 Oct. 2019
The museum was built in 1930 and is meant to mimic the colonial architecture — thatched roof cottages, wigwams, and more – of the 1600s.
—Kayla Keegan, Good Housekeeping, 24 June 2019
Recent Examples of Synonyms for wigwam
Noun
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The Appalachian Mountain Club operates eight huts across 50 miles, a potential relief for hikers who are looking to get inside for a snack or stay.—
Grayson Haver Currin,
Outside Online,
7 Apr. 2025
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There was nothing left there but ruins and two stone century huts, the cemetery monument, and what used to be the high school auditorium.—
Ari Daniel,
Smithsonian Magazine,
3 Apr. 2025
Noun
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The ensuing brutal crackdown killed thousands – many of the victims were young men from impoverished shanty towns, shot by police and rogue gunmen as part of a campaign to target dealers.—
Kathleen Magramo,
CNN,
11 Mar. 2025
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Those who stayed on Goose Island upgraded from shanties to frame cottages and two-story houses.—
Robert Loerzel,
Chicago Tribune,
16 Mar. 2025
Noun
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Part tipi, part wickiup, and influenced by many architectural styles, a round lodge can block wind, rain, cold, and sun.—
Popular Science,
Popular Science,
28 May 2020
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The wickiup is a bit like a small tipi made from poles, brush and vegetation.—
Popular Science,
Popular Science,
28 May 2020
Noun
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The fishing shack was probably the one that took the longest.—
Mike Miller,
EW.com,
26 Apr. 2025
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Back home soft-shell crabs are literally on the roadside at shacks that sell seafood.—
Betty Hallock,
Los Angeles Times,
16 Apr. 2025
Noun
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Her hogan, completed in 2020, is built out of juniper wood, bark, and sand.—
Evie Carrick,
Travel + Leisure,
21 Apr. 2025
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The school’s rodeo grounds are pocked with prairie dog holes, and roads to the mobile home park and hogans that house employees are mostly unpaved.—
Matt Krupnick,
ProPublica,
14 Oct. 2024
Noun
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An adventurous death trip that will magically drive them both from their hovel to the wild mountains and up to New York, from suffocating reality to absolute freedom.—
Matthew Carey,
Deadline,
20 Feb. 2025
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Well nuclear is back, because AI needs it, not because peasants risk freezing in their hovels.—
Clem Chambers,
Forbes,
10 Oct. 2024
Noun
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Piastri and his camp, led by steely former F1 racer Mark Webber, were frustrated with Alpine’s slow progress towards his F1 graduation.—
Alex Kalinauckas,
New York Times,
24 Apr. 2025
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All this chill time at camp is really allowing the social dynamics to finally breathe and evolve.—
Sydney Bucksbaum,
EW.com,
24 Apr. 2025
Noun
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But the Transformers star eventually built a rustic cabin.—
Colson Thayer,
People.com,
18 Apr. 2025
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All cabins offer room service and the restaurant car serves lunch, dinner and afternoon tea.—
Passport by ForbesLife,
Forbes.com,
18 Apr. 2025
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“Wigwam.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/wigwam. Accessed 2 May. 2025.
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