ramshackle building

  • 1ramshackle — [[t]ræ̱mʃæk(ə)l[/t]] 1) ADJ GRADED: usu ADJ n A ramshackle building is badly made or in bad condition, and looks as if it is likely to fall down. They entered the shop, which was a curious ramshackle building. Syn: tumbledown 2) ADJ GRADED: usu… …

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  • 2ramshackle — ram|shack|le [ˈræmʃækəl] adj [Date: 1800 1900; Origin: ransack] a ramshackle building or vehicle is in bad condition and in need of repair = ↑tumbledown ▪ a ramshackle old cottage …

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  • 3ramshackle — adjective a ramshackle building or vehicle is in bad condition and in need of repair: a ramshackle old farmhouse …

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  • 4ramshackle — [ram′shak΄əl] adj. [back form. < ramshackled, for earlier ransackled, pp. of ransackle, freq. of RANSACK] loose and rickety; likely to fall to pieces; shaky [a ramshackle old building] …

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  • 5building — n. 1) to build, erect, put up; renovate a building 2) to demolish, raze, tear down a building 3) to gut a building (fire gutted the building) 4) a dilapidated, gutted, ramshackle, tumbledown; low; tall building 5) an apartment (AE); public… …

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  • 6building — noun 1 house, church, school, etc. ADJECTIVE ▪ big, high rise, huge, large, massive, tall, towering ▪ low, low rise …

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  • 7ramshackle — adj. Ramshackle is used with these nouns: ↑building, ↑house, ↑hut, ↑tenement …

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  • 8National Building — U.S. National Register of Historic Places …

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