shanty
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- noun
- /ˈʃæn.ti/
- Natives in the floating shanty town live on rafts in the river.
- shanty towns
- shanty settlement
- shanty areas
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Examples
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Quickly, they set up their shanty, and the old man went off to gather firewood.
Fiction book (1992) -
Near evening the next day, they set up the shanty on a mudflat at the edge of the sea.
Fiction book (1992) -
The boy went to the rear of the shanty to add wood to the fire.
Fiction book (1992) -
The girls were playing outside a shanty about twenty feet from the boy.
Fiction book (1992) -
As the boy entered the shanty, the snow began to fall.
Fiction book (1992) -
Most of these people are in rural areas and shanty towns in developing countries.
Academic text (2001) -
Soon there was another family in the shanty, sullen people from the coast, not given to talk.
Fiction book (1992) -
All around him were fires, shanties, and the smells of cooking food.
Fiction book (1992) -
Outside the shanty, the boy sat huddled in a quilt, guarding the fire and the cart.
Fiction book (1992) -
The family lived in a shanty made of wooden pallets and tin sheets.
Synonyms
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1.0
A small simple building where people live or stay
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1.8
A small rough shelter made from wood and metal scraps
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7.1
A small simple house that is dirty and not good to live in
A small, simple shelter where people live, often temporary
A small old run-down house where poor people live
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Etymology
Shanty for a small, rough shelter likely comes from the French word chantier meaning 'work yard' or 'building site', a place with temporary, simple buildings. That's why a shanty is used for a quick, cheaply made home or shelter.