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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Recent Examples of shack
Tyrell’s crew recreated Roher’s Los Angeles art studio — an 8-by-20-foot shack in his backyard — in Toronto to serve as the animation backdrop.
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Kennedy French, Variety, 27 Jan. 2026
Last weekend, more than 400 shacks speckled the frozen bay, Bloedorn recalled, as ice anglers flocked to the Upper Peninsula to take advantage of perfect ice conditions.
—Chicago Tribune, 26 Jan. 2026
One wall of her shack is plastered with images of Freetown, Sierra Leone.
—Sophie Monks Kaufman, IndieWire, 22 Jan. 2026
One of my favorite meals of the trip was a block away at Cha Cha Chicken, a counter-order eatery that feels like a Caribbean beach shack in the best of ways.
—Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 17 Jan. 2026
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Kennedy French, Variety, 27 Jan. 2026
Last weekend, more than 400 shacks speckled the frozen bay, Bloedorn recalled, as ice anglers flocked to the Upper Peninsula to take advantage of perfect ice conditions.
—Chicago Tribune, 26 Jan. 2026
One wall of her shack is plastered with images of Freetown, Sierra Leone.
—Sophie Monks Kaufman, IndieWire, 22 Jan. 2026
One of my favorite meals of the trip was a block away at Cha Cha Chicken, a counter-order eatery that feels like a Caribbean beach shack in the best of ways.
—Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 17 Jan. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for shack
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Mountain Rescue Aspen dispatched a ground team on snowmobiles while CareFlight sent a helicopter again, this time landing about 500 feet from the hut, officials said.—
Lauren Penington,
Denver Post,
26 Jan. 2026
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One of his wackier ideas involved Italian gondolas, grass huts and servants dressed in Tahitian clothing.—
Miami Herald Archives,
Miami Herald,
21 Jan. 2026
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Since then, scientists have been in two camps, championing conflicting theories on the thickness of Europa's ice shell.—
Julian Dossett,
Space.com,
29 Jan. 2026
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Peet’s Coffee was founded by Dutch immigrant Alfred Peet, a German labor-camp survivor whose family had run a coffee-roasting business.—
Iris Kwok,
Los Angeles Times,
29 Jan. 2026
Noun
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So most cruise lines created an e-muster process, wherein passengers would watch a safety video on their in-cabin TV or cruise line app, and then briefly check in at their muster station at time of their convenience between boarding and sailaway.—
Erica Silverstein,
Travel + Leisure,
31 Jan. 2026
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France’s high speed rail system is offering a kid-free cabin.—
Lilit Marcus,
CNN Money,
31 Jan. 2026
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“Shack.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/shack. Accessed 2 Feb. 2026.
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