shantynoun [ C ]
uk/ˈʃæn.ti/us/ˈʃæn.t̬i/shanty noun [ C ] (HOUSE)
a small house, usually made from pieces of wood, metal, or cardboard, in which poor people live, especially on the edge of a city
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Houses & homes
- A-frame
- almshouse
- apartment
- apartment building
- apt
- flatlet
- flophouse
- garden apartment
- garden flat
- gated community
- prefab
- public housing
- pueblo
- Quonset hut
- ranch house
- villa
- walk-up
- wigwam
- workhouse
- yurt
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shanty noun [ C ] (SONG)
also chanty, US also chantey a song that sailors sang in the past while they were working on a ship
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Singing
- a cappella
- accompaniment
- accompany
- alto
- anthem
- barbershop
- dirge
- ditty
- diva
- duet
- elegy
- jingle
- refrain
- sang
- septet
- serenade
- sextet
- sing
- tenor
- treble
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