shack

noun
UK /ʃæk/
US /ʃæk/

A small, simple house made of wood.

The old man lived in a little shack by the beach.


OTHER MEANINGS

2. A small building used for a particular purpose, such as storing tools.

He keeps his garden tools in a shack behind the house.

3. To live or stay in a place, often temporarily.

They shacked up in a tiny apartment for the summer.

4. A roughly built shelter or hut.

The fishermen built a shack on the pier to store their nets.