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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Volunteers were finishing work on a new community garden in a lot that once housed charred, abandoned potato shacks where gang members hid to rob unsuspecting pedestrians.
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Russell Contreras, Axios, 1 Aug. 2024
Newport is unique for its blend of Gilded Age architecture and low-frills lobster shacks on the wharf.
—Vogue, 13 Sep. 2024
The former mining town includes a museum, LuLu's Bordello, livery stables, photo galleries, a coffee shop, a steak house, a saloon, a reptile exhibit and a mystery shack where objects seem to defy gravity.
—Laura Daniella Sepulveda, The Arizona Republic, 9 Sep. 2024
There’s plenty to be said for gas-station dining, as a concept—barbecue shacks out behind the pumps in Texas, tamales on store-shelf warming racks in Georgia.
—Helen Rosner, The New Yorker, 1 Sep. 2024
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Russell Contreras, Axios, 1 Aug. 2024
Newport is unique for its blend of Gilded Age architecture and low-frills lobster shacks on the wharf.
—Vogue, 13 Sep. 2024
The former mining town includes a museum, LuLu's Bordello, livery stables, photo galleries, a coffee shop, a steak house, a saloon, a reptile exhibit and a mystery shack where objects seem to defy gravity.
—Laura Daniella Sepulveda, The Arizona Republic, 9 Sep. 2024
There’s plenty to be said for gas-station dining, as a concept—barbecue shacks out behind the pumps in Texas, tamales on store-shelf warming racks in Georgia.
—Helen Rosner, The New Yorker, 1 Sep. 2024
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“Shack.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/shack. Accessed 3 Nov. 2024.
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