wickiup

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Recent Examples of wickiup Part tipi, part wickiup, and influenced by many architectural styles, a round lodge can block wind, rain, cold, and sun. Popular Science, 28 May 2020 The wickiup is a bit like a small tipi made from poles, brush and vegetation. Popular Science, 28 May 2020
Recent Examples of Synonyms for wickiup
Noun
  • 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, NBC news, 19 Apr. 2023
Noun
  • Observants build and dwell in a sukkah (a temporary hut) and wave the lulav and etrog (a palm frond and citrus fruit).
    Brandi D. Addison, Austin American-Statesman, 2 Dec. 2024
  • Set him in the bathtub underneath the hut, use the scoop to shower him in warm water, and wash the dirt away.
    Quincy Bulin, Parents, 22 Nov. 2024
Noun
  • They were forced to drive to a shack on the outskirts of the city with just a mattress, toilet and sink, where they were held captive overnight, according to reports.
    Brie Stimson, Fox News, 29 Nov. 2024
  • Originally, Joe started out with a simple seafood shack, serving fish sandwiches and fries to those visiting Miami Beach.
    Amber Love Bond, Southern Living, 21 Oct. 2024
Noun
  • 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
  • The Navajo elder lives in a hogan, a traditional home, built for him by neighbors in Wide Ruins, a remote town of 175 people in northeastern Arizona, about 250 miles from Phoenix.
    Alex Rhoades, NBC News, 3 Jan. 2024
Noun
  • Besides torch songs, sea shanties, Latino roots and rockabilly tunes have been heard.
    Christopher Reynolds, Los Angeles Times, 24 Oct. 2024
  • In contrast with Jokowi, a former carpenter raised in a shanty and Indonesia’s first leader without military or political connections, Prabowo is very much of elite stock.
    Charlie Campbell / Jakarta, TIME, 14 Oct. 2024
Noun
  • Well nuclear is back, because AI needs it, not because peasants risk freezing in their hovels.
    Clem Chambers, Forbes, 10 Oct. 2024
  • Many rising comedians live in hovels, but not Zarna Garg, who recently opened for Tina Fey and Amy Poehler on their national comedy tour.
    Sheila Yasmin Marikar, The New Yorker, 22 July 2024
Noun
  • The property includes a hot tub, heirloom gardens, guest cabin, greenhouse, barn, sheds, trail access, trout fishing, and wildlife; town is 15 minutes' drive.
    The Week Staff, theweek, 3 Dec. 2024
  • Rubbermaid resin storage shed: on sale for $784.99 Original price: $1,119 Get a storage shed for less than $1,000 during Amazon’s Cyber Monday sales.
    Christopher Murray, Fox News, 2 Dec. 2024
Noun
  • The image, which first appeared in Harper's Weekly, was created as Union propaganda during the war, featuring Santa handing out presents at a Union Army camp.
    Haadiza Ogwude, The Enquirer, 7 Dec. 2024
  • A lot of the cast were L.A. locals, and some of us were from Utah, so we were all fish out of water at summer camp.
    Jordan Greene, People.com, 6 Dec. 2024

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“Wickiup.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/wickiup. Accessed 17 Dec. 2024.

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