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How to pronounce shack in English?

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Type Words
Synonyms hovel, hut, hutch, shanty
Type of shelter
Has types igloo, mudhif, iglu
Type Words
Synonyms trail
Type of travel, go, locomote, move
Type Words
Synonyms domicile, domiciliate, reside
Type of inhabit, populate, live, dwell
Has types rusticate

Examples of shack

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Mackay, O'Brien and two others moved into a shack by the mines in Storey County.
From the investors.com
They bore down on his seaside shack, roaring inland, taller than a coconut tree.
From the denverpost.com
They are lucky to have a one-bedroom government-built house rather than a shack.
From the economist.com
Look out for the Horizon Court buffet with an evening crab shack and fondue bar.
From the express.co.uk
In recent years shack dwellers have organized major protests around the country.
From the en.wikipedia.org
Wi Ling, 34, stands outside his newly rebuilt shack on one good leg and one bad.
From the time.com
They wandered through the cook's shack, now transformed into a dentist's office.
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All tools, however, require a specialized tool shack, which costs food to build.
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Charles puts a few drops of chlorine bleach into the water supply at his shack.
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More examples
  • Hovel: small crude shelter used as a dwelling
  • Reside: make one's home in a particular place or community; "may parents reside in Florida"
  • Trail: move, proceed, or walk draggingly or slowly; "John trailed behind his class mates"; "The Mercedes trailed behind the horse cart"
  • A shack is a type of small house, usually in a state of disrepair. The word may derive from the Nahuatl (Aztec) word xacalli or "adobe house" by way of Mexican Spanish xacal/jacal, which has the same meaning as "shack". It was a common usage among people of Mexican ancestry throughout the U.S. ...
  • Shack are an English band formed in Liverpool in 1986. Originally Shack consisted of Mick Head (vocals/guitar), his brother John Head (guitar), Peter Wilkinson (bass) and Mick Hurst.
  • The Shack is a novel by Canadian author William P. Young, a former office manager and hotel night clerk, published in 2007.
  • The Shack is the nickname used by reporters for the police beat in New York City. In most cities, such a bureau is nicknamed a "cop shop." It is named after a cramped office located inside the NYPD headquarters, where journalists report on crime stories.
  • A crude, roughly built hut or cabin; To live in or with; to shack up
  • (Shacked) Another word for getting tubed/barrelled