Noun: yurt yurt or yûrt
- 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
"They spent their vacation in a cosy yurt in the mountains"
Derived forms: yurts
Type of: abode, domicil [rare], domicile, dwelling, dwelling house, habitation, home
Encyclopedia: Yurt