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shack

PRIMARY MEANINGS OF: shack

1
 nv
small crude shelter used as a dwelling
make one's home in a particular place or community
2
 v
move, proceed, or walk draggingly or slowly
FULL DEFINITIONS OF: shack
1

n small crude shelter used as a dwelling

Synonyms:
hovel, hut, hutch, shanty
Types:
igloo, iglu
an Eskimo hut; usually built of blocks (of sod or snow) in the shape of a dome
mudhif
a reed hut in the marshlands of Iraq; rare since the marshes were drained
Type of:
shelter
a structure that provides privacy and protection from danger

v make one's home in a particular place or community

Synonyms:
domicile, domiciliate, reside
Types:
rusticate
live in the country and lead a rustic life
Type of:
dwell, inhabit, live, populate
inhabit or live in; be an inhabitant of
2

v move, proceed, or walk draggingly or slowly

Synonyms:
trail
Type of:
go, locomote, move, travel
change location; move, travel, or proceed, also metaphorically
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