Dictionary Definition
shelter
Noun
1 a structure that provides privacy and
protection from danger
2 protective covering that provides protection
from the weather
3 the condition of being protected; "they were
huddled together for protection"; "he enjoyed a sense of peace and
protection in his new home" [syn: protection]
4 a way of organizing business to reduce the
taxes it must pay on current earnings [syn: tax
shelter]
5 temporary housing for homeless or displaced
persons
Verb
1 provide shelter for; "After the earthquake, the
government could not provide shelter for the thousands of homeless
people"
2 invest (money) so that it is not taxable
User Contributed Dictionary
English
Pronunciation
- /ˈʃɛltə/, /"SElt@/
- /ˈʃɛltɚ/, /"SElt@`/
- Rhymes: -ɛltə(r)
Noun
Translations
a refuge or other protection
- Finnish: suojapaikka, turvapaikka
- French: abri
- German: Zuflucht, Obdach, Zufluchtsort
- Italian: rifugio
- Spanish: refugio
Translations
transitive, to provide cover
- Finnish: suojata
- French: abriter
- Italian: dare rifugio
intransitive, to take cover
- Finnish: suojautua
- Italian: rifugiarsi
- ttbc Croatian: brinuti se, zbrinuti
Extensive Definition
Shelter refers to a, typically basic structure or
building that covers or provides protection, including the
following:
- Dugout (shelter), a primitive house made by digging a hole in the ground
- Public transport stops, such as:
- Shack
- Shelter half, a military tent used in Australia and UK
- Typhoon shelter, protects boats from typhoons
- Animal shelter for stray pets
- Emergency shelter from natural disasters, etc.
- Homeless shelter for vagrants
- Women's shelter for abused women
- Air-raid shelter
- Fallout shelter
- Blast shelter
- Refugee shelter
- Tent city
- Hardened Aircraft Shelter
- Shelter (band), an American krishnacore band
- Shelter Centre, an NGO supporting humanitarian shelter
- Shelter (charity), a British charity campaigning to end homelessness and bad housing
- Shelter Insurance, a US mutual insurance company
- Shelter Records, a record label
- Shelter (automobile), a Dutch experimental city car of the 1950s
- Rock shelter
- "Gimme Shelter", a 1969 song by The Rolling Stones
- Shelter (1998 film), a 1998 film starring John Allen Nelson
- Shelter (2007 film), a 2007 film starring Brad Rowe
- Shelter (book), a novel by Susan Palwick published by Tor in 2007
- Shelter (musical)
- "Shelter (song)"
shelter in Japanese: シェルター
shelter in Dutch: Shelter
shelter in Simple English: Shelter
Synonyms, Antonyms and Related Words
abri,
accommodation,
accommodations,
air-raid shelter, arm,
armor, asylum, bed, berth, billet, blanket, bless, bomb shelter, bombproof, bunk, bunker, cave, chamber, champion, cloak, coat, compass about, concealment, copyright, cover, coverage, covering, covert, coverture, cowl, cowling, curtain, cushion, cyclone cellar,
defend, defense, den, diggings, digs, domicile, domiciliate, drape, drapery, dugout, dwelling, earth, ensure, eye, fallout shelter, fence, fend, foxhole, funk hole, guarantee, guard, guise, habitation, hanging, harbor, harborage, haven, hermitage, hide, hideaway, hideout, hole up, home, hood, house, housing, insure, keep, keep from harm, lay low,
lee, lie low, living
quarters, lodge, lodging, lodgings, lodgment, make safe, mantle, mask, nestle, pall, patent, police, port, preservation, protect, protection, protective
custody, put up, quarter, quarters, refuge, register, retirement, retreat, ride shotgun for,
roof, room, rooms, roost, safeguard, safekeeping, safety, safety zone, sanctuary, screen, secure, security, shade, shadow, shield, shroud, sleeping place, stable, storm cave, storm cellar,
tower, trench, umbrella, underwrite, veil, vestment, watchful
eye