shack
noun
a rough cabin; shanty.
shacks
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pluralof shack.plural
The grammatical form denoting more than one person, place, thing, or idea.
Example Sentences
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As the American painter recalled years later, Borger in the 1920s was a settlement of “rough shacks, oil rigs, pungent stinks from gas pockets, and broad-faced, big-boned Texas oil speculators.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 24, 2026
Its irregular volumes, pastel colors, elevated decks, jagged rooflines and collage of materials — stucco, corrugated metal, broken tile — echo the local mashup of artist studios, surf shacks and light-industrial sheds.
From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 5, 2025
Over time, the camps have evolved, from the canvas tents and tin shacks of the 1950s into busy, overcrowded communities with some of the highest population densities in the world.
From BBC ● Nov. 7, 2025
Many residents of densely-populated areas live in precarious conditions, treading through dust and living beneath tin shacks, a far cry from the lavish "Beverly Hills"-style villas of Cocody where ministers and football stars reside.
From Barron's ● Oct. 21, 2025
Nothing familiar, not a traffic clog of yellow rusted buses or a water-logged slum of zinc shacks.
From "Americanah" by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
