Building and Shack

Building

Building noun - Something built as a dwelling, shelter, or place for human activity.

Usage example: English class will be in that big stone building over there

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Shack and building are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Shack" instead a noun "Building".

Nearby Words: build, buildup, builder

Shack noun - A small, simply constructed, and often temporary dwelling.

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Building and shack are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Building" instead a noun "Shack".

Nearby Words: shackled, shacking, shacked

burning	burning building	burning shack
old	old building	old shack
full	full building	full shack
complete	complete building	complete shack
Other adjectives: single, empty, small, wooden, dark, run-down, abandoned, ruined, decrepit, dilapidated, titular, strange, nearby, locked, exploding.

The moment tenants move out of a building, it is instantaneously transformed into a dirty, run-down ghetto shack, regardless of what it was before.

Source: Never Recycle a Building
It's implied they had started the tunnel quite a while before our heroes unwittingly shack up in the building above their operation, and with their presence interrupting their digging, they'll never be able to make it to the vault in time.

Source: Fast Tunnelling
Then in "A Tale of Two Stans", we see Tyler as an infant in a stroller being pushed past the building which would become the Mystery Shack.

Source: Flashback to Catchphrase

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