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shack

noun

ˈshak

Definition of shack

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 This unpretentious seafood shack serves oysters, shrimp, lobster, clams, and crab cakes, all locally caught. — Lila Harron Battis, Travel + Leisure, 23 July 2026 By 1975, Pierce had 20 shacks around Chicago, franchised to family or friends. — Sam Charles, Chicago Tribune, 9 July 2026 Johnson, who was born in a sharecropper’s shack in Mississippi in 1927, moved to Chicago with his mother at age 2. — Reuters, NBC news, 7 July 2026 Now the official owner, Gutierrez, bought the shack back and reopened in June. — Emma Hall july 6, Sacbee.com, 6 July 2026 See All Example Sentences for shack

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Sharaf’s report did not indicate that staying at the huts and waiting for better conditions was ever suggested or discussed by the guides running the trip.

— Andrew Graham, Sacbee.com, 10 Aug. 2026
One group consisted of eight women staying at the nearby Frog Lake huts and two guides.

— Adam England, PEOPLE, 7 Aug. 2026

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One example is United Airlines’ fleet of Boeing 767s, which feature all the carrier’s very latest cabin comfort experiences, but four of which entered service way back in 1991.

— Maureen O'Hare, CNN Money, 8 Aug. 2026
Rather, 18 cabins (and one suite, in a main structure) dot the 113 acre property.

— Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 8 Aug. 2026

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