noun
yurt
yurt
noun
1
A round, portable tent with straight walls and a cone-shaped roof, traditionally used by nomadic peoples of Central Asia and Mongolia.
"They spent the night in a yurt on the Mongolian steppe."
"Some campsites now rent out furnished yurts instead of cabins."
How to Use Yurt
Learner’s notesIn plain EnglishA round, tent-like portable home traditionally used by nomads, and now also popular for glamping.
Easily confused with
Word Forms
yurts plural, yurts plural
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Etymology
Borrowed into English from French yourte or German Jurte, ultimately from a Turkic word for "dwelling place."