as in hut
a small, simply constructed, and often temporary dwelling
a farmer's shack out in the fields that's used for lambing and as a shelter from storms
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Recent Examples of shack
His father was not a provider, although his mother was imaginative and resourceful in a two-room shack with a natural spring for water and an outhouse.
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Arkansas Online, 26 Apr. 2025
The school also operates a surf shack at Pacific Sands Beach Resort on Cox Bay, which caters exclusively to guests.
—Jen Murphy, Outside Online, 15 Apr. 2025
And few things scream excess more than a train with hot showers, air conditioning and an open bar crawling past settlements where many people live in shacks without running water or electricity.
—Lee-Ann Olwage, New York Times, 25 Mar. 2025
The fishing shack was probably the one that took the longest.
—Mike Miller, EW.com, 26 Apr. 2025
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Arkansas Online, 26 Apr. 2025
The school also operates a surf shack at Pacific Sands Beach Resort on Cox Bay, which caters exclusively to guests.
—Jen Murphy, Outside Online, 15 Apr. 2025
And few things scream excess more than a train with hot showers, air conditioning and an open bar crawling past settlements where many people live in shacks without running water or electricity.
—Lee-Ann Olwage, New York Times, 25 Mar. 2025
The fishing shack was probably the one that took the longest.
—Mike Miller, EW.com, 26 Apr. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for shack
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After battling nine days of brutal heat, zero security, and rough nights in mud huts, the Clooneys returned to the U.S. in time for a rally organized by the Save Darfur Coalition on the National Mall, where other speakers included then Senator Barack Obama.—
Jake Tapper,
New Yorker,
13 May 2025
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According to the official Mount Fuji website, all trails to the summit are closed and most of the trail signs have been removed, with all huts, toilets and first aid stations also shut for the off season.—
Jack Guy,
CNN Money,
28 Apr. 2025
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That means all other Africans who have waited in refugee camps for years after being vetted and cleared must step back and wait even longer for their uncertain futures to play out, as white South Africans get ushered through the express lane.—
Clarence Page,
Chicago Tribune,
18 May 2025
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This all-boys camp knows all about classic summers.—
Symiah Dorsey,
Southern Living,
18 May 2025
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United Airlines announced a plan to revamp its long-haul premium cabins on Tuesday.—
Zach Wichter,
USA Today,
14 May 2025
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Police questioned him in 1994 after a man named Mark Peters turned up dead, tied to a chair in a dilapidated cabin in northern Kentucky.—
Dan Sullivan,
The Orlando Sentinel,
13 May 2025
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“Shack.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/shack. Accessed 25 May. 2025.
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