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- DictionaryShanty/ˈSHan(t)ē/
noun
- 1. a song with alternating solo and chorus, of a kind originally sung by sailors while performing physical labor together.
: a small crudely built dwelling or shelter usually of wood. Synonyms. Noun (2) cabin. camp. hooch [ slang] hootch. hovel. hutch. hutment. shack. See all Synonyms & Antonyms in Thesaurus. Examples of shanty in a Sentence.
noun. , plural shan·ties. a crudely built hut, cabin, or house. adjective. of, relating to, or constituting a shanty or shanties: a shanty quarter outside the town walls. of a low economic or social class, especially when living in a shanty: shanty people. verb (used without object) , shan·tied, shan·ty·ing. to inhabit a shanty. shanty. 2.
a small, badly built house, usually made from pieces of wood, metal, or cardboard, in which poor people live: He lived in a little shanty in the desert, miles from anything else. (Definition of shanty from the Cambridge Academic Content Dictionary © Cambridge University Press)
Add to word list. Add to word list. a small, badly built house, usually made from pieces of wood, metal, or cardboard, in which poor people live: He lived in a little shanty in the desert, miles from anything else. (Definition of shanty from the Cambridge Academic Content Dictionary © Cambridge University Press)
This meaning comes from chanty, "boisterous sailor song," from the French chanter, "to sing." Definitions of shanty. noun. a small crude shelter used as a dwelling. synonyms: hovel, hut, hutch, shack. see more. see less. types: igloo, iglu.
All rights reserved. shanty. ( ˈʃæntɪ) n, pl -ties. 1. (Architecture) a ramshackle hut; crude dwelling. 2. Austral and NZ a public house, esp an unlicensed one. 3. (Forestry) (formerly, in Canada) a. a log bunkhouse at a lumber camp. b. the camp itself.
of, relating to, or constituting a shanty or shanties: a shanty quarter outside the town walls. of a low economic or social class, especially when living in a shanty: shanty people. verb (used without object), shan·tied, shan·ty·ing.
