shack
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1.8
- noun
- /ʃæk/
:
choza
- The miners and their families occupied rude shacks in isolated company towns.
- a wooden shack
- a makeshift shack
- houses and shacks
And you know, the rez I grew up on was tar paper shacks, dirt floors.
- And you know, the rez I grew up on was tar paper shacks, dirt floors.
- Yeah, got into an old shack just off the island and that.
- is this like plywood shack that Dave and Pete built.
- Within months, we, we installed full security gated entrance with the guard shack that you see today.
- Also, Dad keeps calling it a love shack, but it's love shack.
- No, I mean shacks and like meth, that kind of stuff.
- And the sort of roads were now and they were called shacks along the road.
- Him his engineer set up a studio like in like a a shack in like the pyramid town.
- Is this spish shack, isn't it?
- Plan vast land grabs and trash faraway clans, shacks, pads, plants, halls and farms.
Examples
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You know, there's people living in shacks in Central Park.
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At first, the family made do with a two-room shack, but eventually they paid off the mortgage.
Academic text (1991) -
When I was growing up, nine of us lived in a shack no bigger than this room.
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Will we now live our remaining years in a shack made of pieces of metal and wood?
Fiction book (1992) -
I've been keeping this one bedroom shack the secret long enough.
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Ashbihanal lives in a little shack in the woods in Finland.
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We've retreated to this little beach shack waiting for the rain to stop.
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And you know, the rez I grew up on was tar paper shacks, dirt floors.
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The limousine slowly moves up beside a stand-alone shack near the edge of the wharf.
Fiction book (1990) -
When I was growing up, nine of us lived in a shack no bigger than this room.
Synonyms
217
1.0
A small simple building where people live or stay
22
6.8
A small rough shelter made from old boards and metal
14
7.1
A small simple house that is dirty and not good to live in
1
8.3
A narrow house with one floor, rooms in a row and no hallway
A small, simple shelter where people live, often temporary
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Etymology
Shack may come from the same idea as the word shaky, which means 'unsteady', so imagine a small building that looks like it could shake apart. That's why a shack today means a rough, cheaply made shelter.