Thesaurus results for SHACKS

shacks

noun

plural of shack

as in huts

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 shacks Once our fishing guide, Scott Allen, pulled up, the three of us climbed into his ATV to head to one of his six shacks on the frozen inlet. —

Robert Annis, Outside, 24 Feb. 2026 Who needs lobster rolls when this 10-minute shrimp roll is a delicious reminder of shoreside seafood shacks? —

Susan Hall Mahon, Southern Living, 18 Feb. 2026 When Evelyn Nakano Glenn was a year old, she and her parents were forced out of their home in San Francisco and sent to a dusty, dry collection of tarpaper shacks with no insulation in the Gila River Indian Community's Sonoran Desert homelands about 30 miles southeast of Phoenix. —

Debra Utacia Krol, AZCentral.com, 15 Feb. 2026 Church Avenue is revived, nearly every storefront occupied, jazz clubs mixing with Haitian bistros, home-loan shops, day-care centers, and Jamaican fish shacks. —

Michael Powell, The Atlantic, 11 Feb. 2026 Once a week, according to residents, a black Dodge truck with tinted windows pulled up to a tent on the edge of the community, a dense maze of tiny shacks connected by muddy paths, slick from the persistent summer rain. —

Shibani Mahtani, Washington Post, 4 Feb. 2026 And while anglers aren't out fishing in heated ice houses or mobile shacks, the surrounding area has plenty of entertainment, the list noted. —

Kelli Arseneau, jsonline.com, 4 Feb. 2026 While locals may swear by roadside lobster shacks, there’s nothing wrong with splurging on the best seafood in town. —

Emma Simard, Saveur, 4 Feb. 2026 Beyond these road trips, there are plenty of amazing ways to explore the country by car from eating your way across North Carolina and South Carolina to taking in the breathtaking views along California's Pacific Coast, and even hopping between lobster shacks in Maine. —

Michael Cappetta, Travel + Leisure, 30 Jan. 2026

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Noun

Guests are pampered in personal huts that provide the utmost in privacy and silence and can choose from a full menu of options, including massages and facials that highlight local traditions and skin-healthy ingredients.

— Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 4 Mar. 2026
The huts the group stayed in before the avalanche were also new.

— Sacbee.com, Sacbee.com, 28 Feb. 2026