Definition
cookshack
noun
- a small, simple building or structure used for cooking, especially in rural, outdoor, or temporary settings
Usage: informal; chiefly North American
Examples
- The ranch hands gathered at the cookshack for breakfast before heading out to work.
- During the camping trip, we prepared meals in a small cookshack near the main lodge.
- The old cookshack behind the barn still had a wood-burning stove from decades ago.
- Workers on the construction site ate lunch at the temporary cookshack.
- The historic cookshack on the plantation grounds is now a museum exhibit.