Shanty
noun, plural shanties.
1.
a crudely built hut, cabin, or house.
adjective
2.
of, relating to, or constituting a shanty or shanties:
a shanty quarter outside the town walls.
3.
of a low economic or social class, especially when living in a shanty:
shanty people.
verb (used without object), shantied, shantying.
4.
to inhabit a shanty.
noun, plural shanties.
1.
chantey.
noun, plural chanteys.
1.
a sailors’ song, especially one sung in rhythm to work.
noun (pl) -ties
1.
a ramshackle hut; crude dwelling
2.
(Austral & NZ) a public house, esp an unlicensed one
3.
(formerly, in Canada)
a log bunkhouse at a lumber camp
the camp itself
noun (pl) -ties, -teys
1.
a song originally sung by sailors, esp a rhythmic one forming an accompaniment to work
noun (pl) -teys
1.
the usual US spelling of shanty2
shank it
Read Also:
- Shantytown
noun 1. a section, as of a city or town, characterized by shanties and crudely built houses. 2. a whole town or city that is chiefly made up of shantylike houses. noun 1. a town or section of a town or city inhabited by very poor people living in shanties, esp in a developing country […]
- Shanxi
noun, Pinyin. 1. a province in N China. 60,656 sq. mi. (157,099 sq. km). Capital: Taiyuan. noun 1. a province of N China: China’s richest coal reserves and much heavy industry. Capital: Taiyuan. Pop: 33 140 000 (2003 est). Area: 157 099 sq km (60 656 sq miles)
- Shaoxing
noun, Pinyin. 1. a city in NE Zhejiang province, in E China.
- Shaoyang
noun, Pinyin, Wade-Giles. 1. a city in central Hunan province, in E China.
- Shape
noun 1. the quality of a distinct object or body in having an external surface or outline of specific form or figure. 2. this quality as found in some individual object or body form: This lake has a peculiar shape. 3. something seen in outline, as in silhouette: A vague shape appeared through the mist. […]