Shack vs. Shed

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.

Shedverb

To part, separate or divide.

Shedverb

(ambitransitive) To part with, separate from, leave off; cast off, let fall, be divested of.

Shedverb

To pour; to make flow.

Shedverb

(transitive) To allow to flow or fall.

Shedverb

(transitive) To radiate, cast, give off (light); see also shed light on.

Shedverb

To pour forth, give off, impart.

Shedverb

To fall in drops; to pour.

Shedverb

To sprinkle; to intersperse; to cover.

Shedverb

(weaving) To divide, as the warp threads, so as to form a shed, or passageway, for the shuttle.

Shednoun

(weaving) An area between upper and lower warp yarns through which the weft is woven.

Shednoun

(obsolete) A distinction or dividing-line.

Shednoun

(obsolete) A parting in the hair.

Shednoun

(obsolete) The top of the head.

Shednoun

(obsolete) An area of land as distinguished from those around it.

Shednoun

A slight or temporary structure built to shade or shelter something; a structure usually open in front; an outbuilding; a hut.

Shednoun

A large temporary open structure for reception of goods.

Shednoun

An automobile which is old, worn-out, slow, or otherwise of poor quality.

Shednoun

A British Rail Class 66 locomotive.

Shednoun

A slight or temporary structure built to shade or shelter something; a structure often open in front; an outbuilding; a hut; as, a wagon shed; a wood shed.

Shednoun

A covered structure for housing aircraft; a hangar.

Shednoun

A parting; a separation; a division.

Shednoun

The act of shedding or spilling; - used only in composition, as in bloodshed.

Shednoun

That which parts, divides, or sheds; - used in composition, as in watershed.

Shednoun

The passageway between the threads of the warp through which the shuttle is thrown, having a sloping top and bottom made by raising and lowering the alternate threads.

Shedverb

To separate; to divide.

Shedverb

To part with; to throw off or give forth from one's self; to emit; to diffuse; to cause to emanate or flow; to pour forth or out; to spill; as, the sun sheds light; she shed tears; the clouds shed rain.

Shedverb

To let fall; to throw off, as a natural covering of hair, feathers, shell; to cast; as, fowls shed their feathers; serpents shed their skins; trees shed leaves.

Shedverb

To cause to flow off without penetrating; as, a tight roof, or covering of oiled cloth, sheeds water.

Shedverb

To sprinkle; to intersperse; to cover.

Shedverb

To divide, as the warp threads, so as to form a shed, or passageway, for the shuttle.

Shedverb

To fall in drops; to pour.

Shedverb

To let fall the parts, as seeds or fruit; to throw off a covering or envelope.

Shednoun

an outbuilding with a single story; used for shelter or storage

Shedverb

get rid of;

Shedverb

pour out in drops or small quantities or as if in drops or small quantities;

Shedverb

cause or allow (a solid substance) to flow or run out or over;

Shedverb

cast off hair, skin, horn, or feathers;

Shedadjective

shed at an early stage of development;

Shednoun

a simple roofed structure used for garden storage, to shelter animals, or as a workshop

Shednoun

a larger structure for storing or maintaining vehicles or other machinery

Shednoun

a building for shearing sheep or milking cattle.

Shedverb

park (a vehicle) in a depot

Shedverb

(of a tree or other plant) allow (leaves or fruit) to fall to the ground

Shedverb

(of a reptile, insect, etc.) allow (its skin or shell) to come off, to be replaced by another one that has grown underneath.

Shedverb

(of a mammal) lose (hair) as a result of moulting, disease, or age.

Shedverb

take off (clothes)

Shedverb

have the property of repelling (water or a similar substance).

Shedverb

discard (something undesirable, superfluous, or outdated)

Shedverb

cast or give off (light)

Shedverb

accidentally allow (something) to fall off or spill

Shedverb

eliminate part of (an electrical power load) by disconnecting circuits.

Shed

A shed is typically a simple, single-story roofed structure in a back garden or on an allotment that is used for storage, hobbies, or as a workshop. Sheds vary considerably in their size and complexity of construction, from simple open-sided ones designed to cover bicycles or garden items to large wood-framed structures with shingled roofs, windows, and electrical outlets.