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Recent Examples of lean-to
Under another lean-to, one man works to turn palm leaves into elaborate, rattan-like woven furniture—he’s even fashioned a small shelf for his cell phone, wedged into the mud wall by his right shoulder, to better keep it at hand.
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Mark Ellwood, Robb Report, 21 Dec. 2025
The hardshell takes a little push before the struts take over and open it into full lean-to position.
—New Atlas, 13 Dec. 2025
Warnings, citations — then arrest Another man who was sleeping under the lean-to was arrested by officers for not registering as a predatory offender.
—Mara H. Gottfried, Twin Cities, 5 Oct. 2025
Our gardens and farms, our houses, porches, lean-tos, gazebos and birdhouses are statements of power and possession but also more than that.
—Literary Hub, 19 Sep. 2025
Kensett—former head chef at Storico, New York; Goldeneye, Jamaica; and The Fife Arms, Braemar—cooked outdoors on embers in a lean-to.
—Carlton Reid, Forbes.com, 25 Aug. 2025
In this case, the lean-to was reportedly formed by downed trees.
—Jami Ganz, New York Daily News, 23 Apr. 2025
Out back, a fence will soon hug the tiny porch where visitors will still be able to see the lines on the brick where the lean-to’s roof was formerly affixed.
—John Wenzel, The Denver Post, 13 Mar. 2025
Two rustic lean-tos with sweeping mountain vistas are worth the short uphill hike (or, upon request, ride), particularly around sunset.
—Paul Brady, Travel + Leisure, 18 July 2024
Recent Examples of Synonyms for lean-to
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For nearly a decade, each of my winters has brought at least one trip to a mountain hut for a weekend with a hardy group of friends.—
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Les Gaufres de Chamonix has been serving irresistible waffles from a humble hut since 1965.—
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An inverted red triangle, a symbol Hamas uses to mark its targets in propaganda videos, was also spray-painted on the front door of a house adjacent to the shed.—
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This is a time to get creative—use sturdy objects from the landscape or garden shed.—
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Learn about Barbados’ heritage with a rum shack tour or an excursion to a local Rasta community.—
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All are unified by a boardwalk that’s open to the public and lined with bike rentals, a taco shack, platforms for live music and a full-time professional sandcastle builder.—
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Participating anglers must bring their own bright red flags, (1 foot in diameter or larger) to hang on fishing shanties, according to the DNR.—
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The community choir sings folk, classical, jazz, hymns, gospel and sea shanties in languages from around the world.—
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In what by American standards would be considered a hovel, Gong is raised by his aging grandparents, his mother having abandoned him as a small child.—
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But all the characters racing up and down the stairs of his uber-New York walk-up hovel are a howl.—
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The bill would exempt snack foods and corn masa flour made by, or supplied to, certain types of businesses including cottage food operations.—
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The real Chateau experience comes from the cottages and bungalows.—
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Sanders, though, was officially a full participant in practice for the first time since training camp.—
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The trainees nonetheless followed much of the usual syllabus, being ferried daily to one or other of the big Palestinian refugee camps under PFLP control for lectures and drills in unarmed combat and very basic weapons handling.—
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“Lean-to.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/lean-to. Accessed 20 Jan. 2026.
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