Plural of shack
regular plural
The plural of shack is shacks.
Forms of shack
| Singular | shack /ʃæk/ |
|---|---|
| Plural | shacks |
| Countable | countable |
Shacks in a sentence
- The stations are generally very poor, even for a branch line; some are mere wooden shacks, and Moniaive itself is one of the least prepossessing terminal stations I have ever seen.1944 January and February, E. R. McCarter, “The Cairn Valley Light Railway”, in Railway Magazine, page 48
- On almost every corner there were shebeens, illegal saloons that were shacks where home-brewed beer was served.1994, Nelson Mandela, Long Walk to Freedom: The Autobiography of Nelson Mandela, London: Abacus, published 2010, page 88. From the entry shebeen
- Smoking shacks yellow with coal-oil light and areek with the sweetmold smell of splo whiskey.1993, Cormac McCarthy, chapter 1, in The Orchard Keeper, Vintage Books, page 29. From the entry splo
- Machine-gun-toting soldiers eyed us suspiciously from barricades and peely-paint-covered guard shacks.1991, Roy M. Wallack, The Traveling Cyclist: 20 Five-Star Cycling Vacations, New York, N.Y.: Doubleday, →ISBN, page 214. From the entry peely
- A crowd of underbusy men waited among the shacks near Hickok's.1979, Jake Logan, Dead Man's Hand, →ISBN, page 185. From the entry underbusy
Meaning of shack
- noun A crude, roughly built hut or cabin.
- noun Any poorly constructed or poorly furnished building.
- noun The room from which a ham radio operator transmits.
Questions about the plural of shack
- What is the plural of shack?
- The plural of shack is shacks.
- Is shack countable?
- Shack is a countable noun.
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: shack (page history and authors) and the entries of its forms. Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws left out forms marked obsolete, archaic, rare or dialectal and added the examples. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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