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| yurt [ yurt ] (plural yurts) |
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1. Asian tent: a collapsible circular tent of felt and skins stretched over a pole frame, originally used by Central Asian nomadic peoples and now used more widely
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2. storage building: a circular structure with a tight, fitted roofing material, used especially by highway departments to store road salt and sand for winter use
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| [Late 18th century. Via Russian yurta< Turkic jurt] |
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