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Shack

/ʃæk/

A crude, roughly built hut or cabin.

📖 Definitions of "Shack"

noun

verb

12 synonyms found via WordNet and Google Books.

Word	Definition
trudgeverb	(intransitive) To walk wearily with heavy, slow steps.
dwellverb	(intransitive, now literary) To live; to reside.
liveverb	(intransitive) To be alive; to have life.
trailnoun	(transitive) To follow behind (someone or something); to tail (someone or something).
hovelnoun	(derogatory) A poor cottage; a small, mean house; a hut.
inhabitverb	(transitive) To live or reside in.
shantynoun	A roughly-built hut or cabin.
populateverb	(transitive) To supply with inhabitants; to people.
peoplenoun	(countable, collective) Persons forming or belonging to a particular group, such as a nation, class, ethnic group, country, family, etc.
hutnoun	A small, simple one-storey dwelling or shelter, often with just one room, and generally built of readily available local materials.
hutchnoun	A box, chest, crate, case or cabinet.
resideverb	To dwell permanently or for a considerable time; to have a settled abode for a time; to remain for a long time.

Found via reverse dictionary — words that share a conceptual meaning.

Word	Definition
shantynoun	A roughly-built hut or cabin.
hutnoun	A small, simple one-storey dwelling or shelter, often with just one room, and generally built of readily available local materials.
hutchnoun	A box, chest, crate, case or cabinet.
hovelnoun	(derogatory) A poor cottage; a small, mean house; a hut.
inhabitverb	(transitive) To live or reside in.
populateverb	(transitive) To supply with inhabitants; to people.
residenoun	A surname.
trailnoun	The track or indication marking the route followed by something that has passed, such as the footprints of animal on land or the contrail of an airplane in the sky.
peoplenoun	(countable, collective) Persons forming or belonging to a particular group, such as a nation, class, ethnic group, country, family, etc.
trudgenoun	A tramp, i.e. a long and tiring walk.
liveverb	(intransitive) To be alive; to have life.
dwellnoun	(engineering) A period of time in which a system or component remains in a given state.
lodgenoun	A building for recreational use such as a hunting lodge or a summer cabin.
cottagenoun	A small house.
cabinnoun	The passenger area of an airplane.
bunkhousenoun	A building providing sleeping quarters for workers or guests, especially in a rural setting.
cabananoun	(Canada, US, Australia) A shelter on a beach or at a swimming pool.
housenoun	A structure built or serving as an abode of human beings.
cubiclenoun	A small separate part or one of the compartments of a room, especially in a work environment.
placenoun	(physical) An area; somewhere within an area.