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SHANTY definition: 1. a small house, usually made from pieces of wood, metal, or cardboard, in which poor people live…. Learn more.
: 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 (2) lived just off the beach in a crude shanty. Recent Examples on the Web. Noun.
Shanty definition: a crudely built hut, cabin, or house.. See examples of SHANTY used in a sentence.
A shanty is a small, rough shelter or dwelling. Modern shanties are commonly found in shantytowns, informal neighborhoods made up of crude, homemade shelters.
A shanty is a small rough hut which poor people live in, built from tin, cardboard, or other materials that are not very strong.
shanty. noun. 1. shack, shed, cabin, hut, lean-to, hovel, shiel (Scot.), bothy (Scot.), shieling (Scot.) a young population in urban slums and shanties. 2. song, song, air, tune, chant, ballad, hymn, ditty one of my father's favourite sea shanties.
noun. /ˈʃænti/ (plural shanties) a small house, built of pieces of wood, metal and cardboard, where very poor people live, especially on the edge of a big city. Nearly 20% of the city’s inhabitants live in shanty towns. The whole family lives in a shanty made of wood, mud and tin. Topics Social issues c2. Want to learn more?
