Usually means: Semi-cylindrical, prefabricated, steel military structure.
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  1. nissen hut: Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
  2. Nissen hut, Nissen hut: Merriam-Webster
  3. Nissen hut: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  4. Nissen hut: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  5. Nissen hut: Collins English Dictionary
  6. Nissen hut: Vocabulary.com
  7. Nissen hut: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  8. Nissen hut: Wiktionary
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  10. nissen hut: Dictionary.com
  11. Nissen hut: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  12. Nissen hut: Rhymezone
  13. nissen hut: FreeDictionary.org
  14. nissen hut: Mnemonic Dictionary
  15. Nissen hut: TheFreeDictionary.com

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▸ noun:  (UK, Ireland) A prefabricated building, formerly used by the military, having a semicircular roof of corrugated iron.

Similar:
Quonset hut, crib, Quonset, nuthouse, shack, outhut, portacabin, camp, shed, booby hut, more...

Opposite:
open-air, exposed, uncovered, unsheltered

Adjectives:
obs, humpy, hutted, shack, shanty, closet, tabernacular, locker room, camp, bunk, tented

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Similar:
Quonset hut, crib, Quonset, nuthouse, shack, outhut, portacabin, camp, shed, booby hut, more...

Opposite:
open-air, exposed, uncovered, unsheltered

Adjectives:
obs, humpy, hutted, shack, shanty, closet, tabernacular, locker room, camp, bunk, tented



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