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shack

/ʃæk/

Translations

shacknoun

shacks

/ʃæk/

cabaneConstruction simple et souvent rudimentaire.

The fisherman lived in a small shack by the river.

Le pêcheur vivait dans une petite cabane au bord de la rivière.

Additional translations

baraqueFamilier ; peut désigner une petite construction sommaire ou un point de vente rudimentaire.

Synonyms

shackverb

shacked

Past Simple

shacked

Past Participle

shacking

Gerund

/ʃæk/

Additional translations

logerEmploi rare, souvent dans un contexte de logement rudimentaire ou temporaire.

Synonyms

live together

quarter

shelter

house

share lodging

bunk together

room together

live with

cohabit

shack up

shackadjective

Used attributively before a noun to describe something related to or resembling a shack.

de fortuneEmployé pour parler d'un logement ou d'une construction rudimentaire, précaire ou temporaire.

Shack dwellers often lack access to clean water.

Les habitants des logements de fortune manquent souvent d'accès à l'eau potable.

Additional translations

rudimentairePlus neutre ; insiste sur le caractère sommaire et non aménagé.

Definitions

shacknoun

A small, crudely built cabin or house.

The fisherman lived in a small shack by the river.

A small building or stall used for selling goods or food.

We stopped at a seafood shack on the pier for lunch.

shackverb

(intransitive, chiefly with up) To live or reside in a crude or makeshift dwelling, often temporarily.

After college, they shacked up in a tiny cabin in the woods for the summer.

shackadjective

Relating to or characteristic of a shack; crude, makeshift, or temporary.

Shack dwellers often lack access to clean water.