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 Definitions of shanty  [ˈʃæn ti]  

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Definition of 'shanty' Random House Webster's College Dictionary 

1. (n.) shanty
a crudely built hut, cabin, or house.

Etymology:  (1810–20)

Definition of 'shanty' Princeton's WordNet 

1. (noun) hovel, hut, hutch, shack, shanty
small crude shelter used as a dwelling

2. (noun) chantey, chanty, sea chantey, shanty
a rhythmical work song originally sung by sailors


Definition of 'shanty' Webster Dictionary 

1. (adj) shanty
jaunty; showy

2. (noun) shanty
a small, mean dwelling; a rough, slight building for temporary use; a hut

3. (verb) shanty
to inhabit a shanty


Translation of 'shanty' Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary 

Sense: a roughly-built hut or shack.

Afrikaans flag Afrikaans: hut Arabic flag Arabic: كوخ خَشَب Bulgarian flag Bulgarian: барака
Brazilian flag Brazilian: barraca Czech flag Czech: chatrč German flag German: die Bude
Danish flag Danish: hytte; skur Greek flag Greek: παράγκα, καλύβα Spanish flag Spanish: chabola, barraca
Estonian flag Estonian: hurtsik Farsi flag Farsi: كلبه Finnish flag Finnish: hökkeli
French flag French: baraque Hebrew flag Hebrew: צְרִיף Hindi flag Hindi: झोंपडी़
Croatian flag Croatian: koliba, straćara Hungarian flag Hungarian: viskó Indonesian flag Indonesian: gubuk
Icelandic flag Icelandic: kofi, hreysi Italian flag Italian: baracca Japanese flag Japanese: 小屋
Korean flag Korean: 오두막집 Lithuanian flag Lithuanian: trobelė, lūšnelė Latvian flag Latvian: būda; mājele
Malay flag Malay: gubuk Dutch flag Dutch: hut Norwegian flag Norwegian: skur, brakke
Polish flag Polish: chata, chałupa Persian flag Persian: كلبه Pashto flag Pashto: كوډله، جونګړه، كوډۍ
Portuguese flag Portuguese: barraca Romanian flag Romanian: baracă Russian flag Russian: хижина, лачуга
Slovak flag Slovak: chatrč Slovenian flag Slovenian: koliba Serbian flag Serbian: udžerica
Swedish flag Swedish: skjul, kåk, hydda Thai flag Thai: กระท่อมที่สร้างหยาบ ๆ Turkish flag Turkish: gecekondu, dermeçatma yap
Taiwanese flag Taiwanese: 簡陋小屋,鐵皮棚屋 Ukrainian flag Ukrainian: халупка, халабуда Urdu flag Urdu: جھگی
Vietnamese flag Vietnamese: chòi Chinese flag Chinese: 简陋小屋,铁皮棚屋

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