shanty

Other forms of shanty

plural

shanties·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about shanty

What does shanty mean?

shanty means "small crude shelter used as a dwelling". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in shanty?

shanty has 2 syllables: shan-ty. The stress falls on "shan". In IPA it is /ˈʃænti/.

What is another word for shanty?

Close synonyms include hovel, hut, hutch, shack, chantey. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is shanty a common word?

shanty is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.