Shack vs. Shanty

Shacknoun

A crude, roughly built hut or cabin.

Shacknoun

Any unpleasant, poorly constructed or poorly furnished building.

Shacknoun

(obsolete) Grain fallen to the ground and left after harvest.

Shacknoun

(obsolete) Nuts which have fallen to the ground.

Shacknoun

(obsolete) Freedom to pasturage in order to feed upon shack.

Shacknoun

A shiftless fellow; a low, itinerant beggar; a vagabond; a tramp.

Shackverb

To live (in or with); to shack up.

Shackverb

(obsolete) To shed or fall, as corn or grain at harvest.

Shackverb

(obsolete) To feed in stubble, or upon waste.

Shackverb

To wander as a vagabond or tramp.

Shackverb

To shed or fall, as corn or grain at harvest.

Shackverb

To feed in stubble, or upon waste corn.

Shackverb

To wander as a vagabond or a tramp.

Shacknoun

a small simple dwelling, usually having only one room and of flimsy construction; a hut; a shanty; a cabin.

Shacknoun

The grain left after harvest or gleaning; also, nuts which have fallen to the ground.

Shacknoun

Liberty of winter pasturage.

Shacknoun

A shiftless fellow; a low, itinerant beggar; a vagabond; a tramp.

Shacknoun

small crude shelter used as a dwelling

Shackverb

make one's home or live in;

Shackverb

move, proceed, or walk draggingly pr slowly;

Shacknoun

a roughly built hut or cabin.

Shackverb

move in or live with someone as a lover

Shack

A shack (or, less often, shanty) is a type of small, often primitive shelter or dwelling. Like huts, shacks are constructed by hand using available materials; however, whereas huts are usually rural and made of natural materials (mud, rocks, sticks, etc.) shacks are generally composed of scavenged man-made materials like abandoned construction debris, repurposed consumer waste and other useful discarded objects that can be quickly acquired at little or no cost and fashioned into a small dwelling.

Shantynoun

A roughly-built hut or cabin.

Shantynoun

A rudimentary or improvised dwelling, especially one not legally owned.

Shantynoun

An unlicensed pub.

Shantynoun

A song a sailor sings, especially in rhythm to his work.

Shantyadjective

Living in shanties; poor, ill-mannered and violent.

Shantyverb

To inhabit a shanty.

Shantyadjective

Jaunty; showy.

Shantynoun

A small, mean dwelling; a rough, slight building for temporary use; a hut.

Shantyverb

To inhabit a shanty.

Shantynoun

small crude shelter used as a dwelling

Shantynoun

a rhythmical work song originally sung by sailors

Shantynoun

a small, crudely built shack.

Shantynoun

a song with alternating solo and chorus, of a kind originally sung by sailors while performing physical labour together.