Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A circular, domed, portable tent used by nomadic peoples of central Asia.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun One of the houses or huts, whether permanent or movable, of the natives of northern and central Asia. Also yourta, yourte, jurt.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun A large, round semi-permanent
tent with vertical walls and conical roof usually associated withCentral Asia andMongolia .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun 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
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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Examples
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The word yurt is originally from the Turkic word meaning "dwelling place" in the sense of "homeland"; the term came to be used in reference to the physical tent-like structures only in other languages.
Yurts Annie 2006
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The word yurt is originally from the Turkic word meaning "dwelling place" in the sense of "homeland"; the term came to be used in reference to the physical tent-like structures only in other languages.
Archive 2006-10-01 Annie 2006
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A big silver tricycle, a batch of Jester clothes and a large, tent-like dwelling called a yurt.
Serfing the Web: Sites Let People Farm Out Their Chores Emily Glazer 2011
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Helped a commune of longhairs build a crazy house called a yurt.
The Long Walk Home Thomas Pluck 2011
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Yes a yurt is a portable, felt-covered, wood lattice-framed dwelling structure used by the nomads in the steppes of Central Asia for centuries, and yes it is also a modern dwelling here in the west.
Live in a Well Rounded Dwelling and Build a Yurt Outside 2009
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Inside the yurt was a pond where goldfish swam from The Times: Carol Ann Duffy's tribute to departing head of Edinburgh book festival posted by Rus Bowden at 2:49 PM
Archive 2009-08-01 Rus Bowden 2009
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Inside the yurt was a pond where goldfish swam from The Times: Carol Ann Duffy's tribute to departing head of Edinburgh book festival posted by Rus Bowden at 2:49 PM
News at Eleven: [Carol Ann] Duffy said that it was difficult Rus Bowden 2009
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The yurt is a type of “Green Weefab Mini-Home” and can be customized into another kind of hand-built “Earth Sheltered House” for those on a budget.
Live in a Well Rounded Dwelling and Build a Yurt Outside 2009
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[For the record, a yurt is a "portable, felt-covered, wood lattice-framed dwelling structure used by nomads in the steppes of Central Asia."]
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Here's a primer: A yurt is a circular, domed structure originally used by nomads in Mongolia, Siberia and Turkey and is now used worldwide for inexpensive or temporary housing.
john commented on the word yurt
Yurts! I forgot about yurts. In the early 90s I lived in yurt for a few months, in Bowdoinham Maine.
December 11, 2006
milosrdenstvi commented on the word yurt
I've had a lot of fun comparing ugly modern church buildings to yurts. The resemblance is really quite striking.
August 15, 2008
bilby commented on the word yurt
Snap! The Christ Church Cathedral in my town is a yurt, most definitely.
August 15, 2008