Shanty

How many syllables in Shanty?

shanty has 2 syllables

Split Shanty into syllables?

shan-ty

Definition of Shanty

a small, crudely built shack; a song sung by sailors while working aboard a ship

How should Shanty divide into syllables

There are two syllables, 'shan' and 'ty'. The vowel sounds are 'a' and 'y', and the consonant sounds are 'sh' and 't'.

Part of Speech - Shanty

Noun

We saw a shanty on the side of the road during our camping trip.

Verb

The sailors shanty-ed while they hoisted the sails.

Sentences with Shanty

  • The old fisherman lived in a shanty by the sea.
  • The sailors sang a shanty as they pulled up the anchor.
  • We built a shanty in the woods for our camping trip.
  • The homeless man made a shanty out of cardboard boxes.
  • The shanty was too small for a family to live in.

Quotes with Shanty

  • "I'm a shanty boy." - Paul Bunyan
  • "I was born in a shanty in Clarksdale, Mississippi." - Sam Cooke
  • "We are learning, too, that the love of beauty is one of Nature's greatest healers." - Ella Wheeler Wilcox

Number of characters in Shanty

6 ( s, h, a, n, t, y )

Unique letters in Shanty

6 ( s, h, a, n, t, y )

Shanty Backwards

ytnahs

Phonetic Transcription of Shanty

IPA (International): ˈʃænti:

ARA (American): ˈʃænti

EPA (English): ˈʃænti:

SHAE-NTIY