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shack

/ʃæk/noun

A small, simple hut or cabin built roughly from cheap materials.

Example sentences

  • “The fishermen kept their gear in a wooden shack by the dock.”
  • “They lived in a tin shack with no running water.”

Informal in tone. The slang phrase 'shack up' means to live together, usually said with a smirk.

Synonyms for shack

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