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YURT
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Dictionary entry overview: What does yurt mean?
• YURT (noun)
The noun YURT has 1 sense:
1. a circular domed dwelling that is portable and self-supporting; originally used by nomadic Mongol and Turkic people of central Asia but now used as inexpensive alternative or temporary housing
Familiarity information: YURT used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
A circular domed dwelling that is portable and self-supporting; originally used by nomadic Mongol and Turkic people of central Asia but now used as inexpensive alternative or temporary housing
Classified under:
Nouns denoting man-made objects
Hypernyms ("yurt" is a kind of...):
abode; domicile; dwelling; dwelling house; habitation; home (housing that someone is living in)
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