hovel, hut, hutch, shack, shanty
(noun) small crude shelter used as a dwelling
chantey, chanty, sea chantey, shanty
(noun) a rhythmical work song originally sung by sailors
Source: WordNet® 3.1
shanty (plural shanties)
A roughly-built hut or cabin.
Synonym: shack
A rudimentary or improvised dwelling, especially one not legally owned.
(Australia, New Zealand) An unlicensed pub.
Synonym: speakeasy
shanty (not comparable)
(US, pejorative) Living in shanties; poor, ill-mannered and violent.
Applied to poor Irish immigrants, from the mid-1800s.
shanty (third-person singular simple present shanties, present participle shantying, simple past and past participle shantied)
To inhabit a shanty.
shanty (plural shanties)
A song a sailor sings, especially in rhythm to his work.
Synonym: sea shanty
Hypernym: work song
shanty (comparative more shanty, superlative most shanty)
Jaunty; showy.
Source: Wiktionary
Shan"ty, a.
Definition: Jaunty; showy. [Prov. Eng.]
Shan"ty, n.;pl. Shanties. Etym: [Said to be fr. Ir. sean old + tig. a house.]
Definition: A small, mean dwelling; a rough, slight building for temporary use; a hut.
Shan"ty, v. i.
Definition: To inhabit a shanty. S. H. Hammond.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
16 May 2025
(adjective) marked by columniation having free columns in porticoes either at both ends or at both sides of a structure
According to Guinness World Records, the most massive cup of coffee contained 22,739.14 liters and was created by AlcaldĂa Municipal de Chinchiná (Colombia) at Parque de BolĂvar, Chinchiná, Caldas, Colombia, on 15 June 2019. Fifty people worked for more than a month to build this giant cup. The drink prepared was Arabic coffee.
