Definition of shelter

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Shelter (n.) That which covers or defends from injury or annoyance; a protection; a screen.

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Shadow :: Shadow (n.) A shaded place; shelter; protection; security.
Harbrough :: Harbrough () A shelter.
Shroudy :: Shroudy (a.) Affording shelter.
Booly :: Booly (n.) A company of Irish herdsmen, or a single herdsman, wandering from place to place with flocks and herds, and living on their milk, like the Tartars; also, a place in the mountain pastures inclosed for the shelter of cattle or their keepers..
Shield :: Shield (n.) Anything which protects or defends; defense; shelter; protection.
Shelter :: Shelter (n.) The state of being covered and protected; protection; security.
Shroud :: Shroud (n.) That which covers or shelters like a shroud.
House :: House (n.) A structure intended or used as a habitation or shelter for animals of any kind; but especially, a building or edifice for the habitation of man; a dwelling place, a mansion..
Tent :: Tent (n.) A pavilion or portable lodge consisting of skins, canvas, or some strong cloth, stretched and sustained by poles, -- used for sheltering persons from the weather, especially soldiers in camp..
Lodge :: Lodge (v. i.) To rest or remain a lodge house, or other shelter; to rest; to stay; to abide; esp., to sleep at night; as, to lodge in York Street..
Bosomy :: Bosomy (a.) Characterized by recesses or sheltered hollows.
Levesel :: Levesel (n.) A leafy shelter; a place covered with foliage.
Harborless :: Harborless (a.) Without a harbor; shelterless.
Umbrella :: Umbrella (n.) A shade, screen, or guard, carried in the hand for sheltering the person from the rays of the sun, or from rain or snow. It is formed of silk, cotton, or other fabric, extended on strips of whalebone, steel, or other elastic material, inserted, or fastened to, a rod or stick by means of pivots or hinges, in such a way as to allow of being opened and closed with ease. See Parasol..
Unhoused :: Unhoused (a.) Driven from a house; deprived of shelter.
Hover :: Hover (n.) A cover; a shelter; a protection.
Blaze :: Blaze (n.) Intense, direct light accompanied with heat; as, to seek shelter from the blaze of the sun..
Shelter :: Shelter (v. i.) To take shelter.
Sheltering :: Sheltering (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Shelte.
Banyan :: Banyan (n.) A tree of the same genus as the common fig, and called the Indian fig (Ficus Indica), whose branches send shoots to the ground, which take root and become additional trunks, until it may be the tree covers some acres of ground and is able to shelter thousands of men..
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