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noun

something beneath, behind, or within which a person, animal, or thing is protected from storms, missiles, adverse conditions, etc.; refuge.

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 homeless persons, abandoned animals, etc.

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Finance. tax shelter.

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verb (used with object)

to be a shelter for; afford shelter to: The old barn sheltered him from the rain.

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.

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Finance. to invest (money) in a tax shelter.

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verb (used without object)

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to take shelter; find a refuge: He sheltered in a barn.

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Finance. to invest money in a tax shelter.

Origin:
1575–85; perhaps alteration of obsolete sheltron testudo, Old English scieldtruma, equivalent to scield shield + truma body of fighting men; see trim

Related forms

shel·ter·er, noun

shel·ter·ing·ly, adverb

shel·ter·less, adjective

shel·ter·less·ness, noun

self-shel·ter, noun

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un·shel·ter·ing, adjective

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Synonyms
1. retreat, asylum, sanctuary, shield, haven, harbor. See cover. 7. harbor, house. 9. guard, safeguard, shield, defend.

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Example Sentences

After spending a year and a half in a homeless shelter with his wife and two young.

Some architecture firms are even experimenting with symbiotic buildings to incorporate human shelter and greenhouses.

The women at the shelter have little or no income and children to support.

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After spending a year and a half in a homeless shelter with his wife and two young.

Some architecture firms are even experimenting with symbiotic buildings to incorporate human shelter and greenhouses.

The women at the shelter have little or no income and children to support.

Many reefs have been reduced to rubble, a collapse that has deprived fish of food and shelter.

If you ate today and have shelter from the weather you are successful.

There had been so many false alarms in the past that they didn't think it necessary to take shelter.

With ground covers on the roof, these easy-to-make feeders shelter the seed naturally.

Humanity, that longevity for shelter is considered a fault.

For instance, asked how many beds will be available at a shelter for battered women.

There's a lot in between the homeless shelter and where you're at.

They have helped to shelter the whole world economy from deep recession.

Wriggle through miles of serpentine burrows that shelter thousands of the feisty rodents--and their foes.

We are not likely to meet up with snakes or crocodiles or to find ourselves without shelter during a storm.

But juveniles don't-or can't-seek shelter in the sand.

Pretty as they are, the skirts' real value is as shelter for wildlife.

Creatures have claimed it as a shelter and installed a machine that transforms noxious waste into water.

We rented a shelter and had a cookout at the city park.

The soldiers are ill trained and chiefly preoccupied with finding food and shelter.

The ships often become artificial reefs and habitats, providing shelter for the.

Yes inquiring minds want to know, but the inquiring minds need food, and clean water and decent shelter and healthcatre.

City residents knew a bad storm was on its way and quickly took shelter.

Birds are attracted to these trees-both for seeds and for shelter.

They indeed had a warming shelter and, whew, a charging station.

The shelter was so full the kittens could not be admitted.

These animals, a mud-built shelter and the fertile scrap of.

At night they pen their animals in stone corrals to shelter them from marauding mountain lions.

Food, water and shelter are essentials for human living.

Adults seek shelter in houses and other human-made structures for overwintering, then emerge in the spring to mate and lay eggs.

Where winters are too cold for all-year outdoor culture, grow in pots and shelter from frosts.

And there's been no replacement for the shelter since its closing.

The folks at your local homeless shelter might see a friend.

Goma has no potable water, and little food or shelter.

The managers in the shelter may or may not be willing to listen, but how will you know unless you say something.

At first he speculated that the composition of new weather shelter paint had interfered with the measuring system.

They actually built a shelter of palm fronds in their yard and stayed there.

Choose a sunny spot, or shelter from the wind beneath a tree.

Don't make any sudden movements and if possible, take shelter.

Raising the rates reduces productivity and encourages people to otherwise shelter their income.

But any such tax shelter is bound to be exploited by the.

Arctic foxes live in burrows, and in a blizzard they may tunnel into the snow to create shelter.

The tiny shelter is jammed with expensive science equipment designed to measure the clouds high above.

Shoals-rocky bars that reach across the river-trap lily seeds as they tumble downstream and shelter them as they sprout.

They're fun to look at while they shelter the seeds.

America's big banks may face regulatory uncertainty but they take the shelter of government support.

Raised without human contact, they quickly revert to a wild state and form colonies wherever food and shelter are available.

The need for shelter and the desire for comfort are basic fundamentals.

Encourage them to stay in the garden by setting out plants to feed and shelter them.

But the basic needs of the vast majority-for food, water, shelter and rudimentary health care-are already catered for.

The stinging tentacles of a sea anemone offer the immune anemonefish shelter and a safe place to lay eggs.

Such problems can be avoided if proteins stick loosely to one another so as to shelter the water-sensitive regions.

Carved out of the south side of the house, the fire courtyard provides shelter from the wind.

Marine protected-areas can't work if habitats have lost the capacity to provide fish with food and shelter.

People must have shelter and food for their families.

And the abstract imagination developed for making clothing could easily be applied to making shelter.

Her notion was to walk as a pilgrim, fasting until she was given food and not resting until she found shelter.

The shepherd had made the discovery by chance while seeking shelter from a rainstorm decades ago.

Wake up and seek shelter in nature which will teach us live prof lives.

As the southern-hemisphere summer turns to autumn, the priority is shelter.

Channels and air pockets in the ice provide shelter for myriad marine species.

Apparently, the cane fields did not provide enough daytime shelter for the otherwise indefatigable toads.

Through insurance and saving, financial services are supposed to offer shelter from life's reverses.

Craig spent the summer scouting a route and building a cabin for shelter.

Polar bears are moving farther north, as are seals, who need the shelter of pack ice to give birth to their young.

Spiders also use their silk as parachutes and to shelter themselves and their young.

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World English Dictionary

shelter (ˈʃɛltə)

—n
1.	something that provides cover or protection, as from weather or danger; place of refuge
2.	the protection afforded by such a cover; refuge
3.	the state of being sheltered

—vb
4.	(tr) to provide with or protect by a shelter
5.	(intr) to take cover, as from rain; find refuge
6.	(tr) to act as a shelter for; take under one's protection

[C16: of uncertain origin]

'shelterer

—n

'shelterless

—*adj*

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Word Origin & History

shelter

1585, "structure affording protection," possibly an alteration of M.E. sheltron, sheldtrume "roof or wall formed by locked shields," from O.E. scyldtruma, from scield "shield" (see shield) + truma "troop," related to O.E. trum "firm, strong" (see

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trim). The notion is of a compact body of men protected by interlocking shields. Fig. sense is recorded from 1588; meaning "temporary lodging for homeless poor" is first recorded 1890 in Salvation Army jargon; sense of "temporary home for animals" is from 1971. The verb is first attested 1590; in the income investment sense, from 1955. Sheltered "protected from the usual hardships of life" is from 1888.

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"Woman's success in lifting men out of their way of life nearly resembling that of the beasts—who merely hunted and fished for food, who found shelter where they could in jungles, in trees, and caves—was a civilizing triumph."

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