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shelter
[shel-ter]
noun
something beneath, behind, or within which a person, animal, or thing is protected from storms, missiles, adverse conditions, etc.; refuge.
Synonyms: , , , , ,the protection or refuge afforded by such a thing.
He took shelter in a nearby barn.
protection from blame, incrimination, etc.
a dwelling place or home considered as a refuge from the elements.
Everyone's basic needs are food, clothing, and shelter.
a building serving as a temporary refuge or residence for abandoned animals, people who are homeless, etc.: animal shelter.
homeless shelter;
animal shelter.
Finance.Ìýtax shelter.
verb (used with object)
to be a shelter for; afford shelter to.
The old barn sheltered him from the rain.
Synonyms: ,to provide with a shelter; place under cover.
to protect, as by shelter; take under one's protection.
Parents should not try to shelter their children from normal childhood disappointments.
Synonyms: , , ,Finance.Ìýto invest (money) in a tax shelter.
verb (used without object)
to take shelter; find a refuge.
Students sheltered in the gymnasium when they heard the tornado sirens.
Finance.Ìýto invest money in a tax shelter.
shelter
/ ˈʃɛ±ô³ÙÉ™ /
noun
something that provides cover or protection, as from weather or danger; place of refuge
the protection afforded by such a cover; refuge
the state of being sheltered
verb
(tr) to provide with or protect by a shelter
(intr) to take cover, as from rain; find refuge
(tr) to act as a shelter for; take under one's protection
Other 51³Ô¹Ï Forms
- shelterer noun
- shelteringly adverb
- shelterless adjective
- shelterlessness noun
- self-shelter noun
- unsheltering adjective
- ˈ²õ³ó±ð±ô³Ù±ð°ù±ð°ù noun
- ˈ²õ³ó±ð±ô³Ù±ð°ù±ô±ð²õ²õ adjective
51³Ô¹Ï History and Origins
Origin of shelter1
51³Ô¹Ï History and Origins
Origin of shelter1
Synonym Study
Example Sentences
The centre had been providing emergency shelter for families following the clashes earlier this week, the council said.
"If there are more casualties, if people are spending a long time in shelters, and if it becomes, again, another never-ending war," then support, he says, could erode.
The question seemed simple enough: Was the witness’ use of the word “makeshift†merely shorthand for “makeshift shelter?â€
Iranian government spokeswoman Fatemeh Mohajerani said in an interview with state media that metro stations and mosques would be open 24 hours a day starting Sunday night for use as shelters.
She said the current situation reminds her of bombings and going to shelters during the Iran-Iraq war of the 1980s, when she was a child.
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