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1 Shanty -- rank: 1000

Shanty definitions Webster's 1828 Dictionary SHANTY, for janty, gay; showy. [Not in use or local.] WordNet ... shelter used as a dwelling [syn: hovel, hut, hutch, shack, shanty] 2: a rhythmical work song originally sung by sailors [syn: chantey, chanty, sea chantey, shanty] Merriam Webster's I. variant of chantey II. noun (plural ... or cabin. 2 a crudely built shack. Phrases and idioms: shanty town a poor or depressed area of a town, consisting ... chantier 2. n. (also chanty) (pl. -ies) (in full sea shanty) a song with alternating solo and chorus, of a ...

2 shanty town -- rank: 889

shanty town definitions Collin's Cobuild Dictionary also shantytown(shanty towns) A shanty town is a collection of rough huts which poor people ...

3 Shack -- rank: 476

... shelter used as a dwelling [syn: hovel, hut, hutch, shack, shanty] v 1: make one's home in a particular place ... formation from English dialect shackly rickety Date: 1878 1. hut, shanty 2. a room or similar enclosed structure for a particular ... Shack Shack, n. [Cf. Shack, v. i.] A hut; a shanty; a cabin. [Colloq.] These miserable shacks are so low that ... hutch, kiosk, lean-to, lodge, outbuilding, outhouse, pavilion, sentry box, shanty, shed, stall, street arab, tollbooth, tollhouse, tramp, traveler

4 Hutch -- rank: 410

... shelter used as a dwelling [syn: hovel, hut, hutch, shack, shanty] Merriam Webster's noun Etymology: Middle English huche, from Anglo ... 2. a pen or coop for an animal 3. shack, shanty Oxford Reference Dictionary n. 1 a box or cage, usu ... repository, reservoir, rick, salt away, salt down, sentry box, shack, shanty, shed, shelf, stack, stack room, stall, stash, stock room, storage ...

5 chantey -- rank: 324

... song originally sung by sailors [syn: chantey, chanty, sea chantey, shanty] Merriam Webster's or chanty or shanty noun (plural chanteys or chanties or shanties) Etymology: modification of ...

6 Hut -- rank: 324

... shelter used as a dwelling [syn: hovel, hut, hutch, shack, shanty] Merriam Webster's I. noun Etymology: French hutte, from Old ... lodge, outbuilding, outhouse, pavilion, quarter, room, roost, sentry box, shack, shanty, shed, stall, tollbooth, tollhouse

7 chanty -- rank: 324

... song originally sung by sailors [syn: chantey, chanty, sea chantey, shanty] Merriam Webster's noun see chantey Oxford Reference Dictionary var. of SHANTY(2).

8 Hovel -- rank: 324

... shelter used as a dwelling [syn: hovel, hut, hutch, shack, shanty] Merriam Webster's noun Etymology: Middle English Date: 15th century ... hole, hut, hutch, pesthole, pigpen, pigsty, plague spot, rookery, shack, shanty, slum, stable, sty, tenement, the slums, tumbledown shack, warren

9 Hole -- rank: 205

... scissure, scoop, score, scrape, seam, secret place, sewer, shack, shaft, shanty, shell, shortcoming, sink, sink of corruption, sinus, site, situation, situs ...

10 favela -- rank: 205

... high. Oxford Reference Dictionary n. a Brazilian shack, slum, or shanty town. Etymology: Port.

11 gatehouse -- rank: 205

... hutch, kiosk, lean-to, outbuilding, outhouse, pavilion, sentry box, shack, shanty, shed, stall, tollbooth, tollhouse

12 Shanties -- rank: 205

Shanties definitions Webster's 1913 Dictionary Shanty Shan"ty, n.;pl. Shanties. [Said to be fr. Ir ...

13 shantytown -- rank: 205

... town consisting mostly of shanties Collin's Cobuild Dictionary see shanty town

14 sentry box -- rank: 205

... gatehouse, hut, hutch, kiosk, lean-to, outbuilding, outhouse, pavilion, shack, shanty, shed, stall, tollbooth, tollhouse

15 sea chantey -- rank: 205

... song originally sung by sailors [syn: chantey, chanty, sea chantey, shanty]