shack

noun

1
: hut, shanty
2
: a room or similar enclosed structure for a particular person or use
a guard shack

Examples of shack in a Sentence

an old shack in the woods a farmer's shack out in the fields that's used for lambing and as a shelter from storms
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A number of cottage industries in makeshift tin shacks have sprung up on a field next to the Levi's factory. Kate Bartlett, NPR, 20 July 2025 Police say on May 28, a shack on the 1300 block of 107th Avenue was shot up by two people driving a Lexus. Nate Gartrell, Mercury News, 4 July 2025 At the same time, Hardy himself shot a deer to hang on a wall in the shack next to the one his grandfather hung five decades prior. Marcus K. Dowling, The Tennessean, 2 July 2025 The Hualalai Trading Company is a coffee and snack shack with breakfast burritos and smoothies adjacent to the fitness center. Katie Sweeney, Forbes.com, 30 June 2025 See All Example Sentences for shack

Word History

Etymology

probably back-formation from English dialect shackly rickety

First Known Use

1878, in the meaning defined at sense 1

Time Traveler
The first known use of shack was in 1878

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“Shack.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/shack. Accessed 29 Jul. 2025.

Kids Definition

shack

noun
1
: hut, shanty
2
: a room or similar enclosed structure for a particular person or use
a radio shack

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