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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Housing :: Housing (n.) The act of putting or receiving under shelter; the state of dwelling in a habitation.
Beild :: Beild (n.) A place of shelter; protection; refuge.
Shroud :: Shroud (n.) A covered place used as a retreat or shelter, as a cave or den; also, a vault or crypt..
Boathouse :: Boathouse (n.) A house for sheltering boats.
Refuge :: Refuge (n.) Shelter or protection from danger or distress.
Share :: Share (v. t.) To partake of, use, or experience, with others; to have a portion of; to take and possess in common; as, to share a shelter with another..
Shelter :: Shelter (v. t.) To betake to cover, or to a safe place; -- used reflexively..
Bosomy :: Bosomy (a.) Characterized by recesses or sheltered hollows.
Camp :: Camp (n.) A single hut or shelter; as, a hunter's camp..
Unhoused :: Unhoused (a.) Not provided with a house or shelter; houseless; homeless.
Lodge :: Lodge (n.) A shelter in which one may rest; as: (a) A shed; a rude cabin; a hut; as, an Indian's lodge..
Embay :: Embay (v. t.) To shut in, or shelter, as in a bay..
Embosom :: Embosom (v. t.) To inclose or surround; to shelter closely; to place in the midst of something.
Hospital :: Hospital (n.) A place for shelter or entertainment; an inn.
Haven :: Haven (v. t.) To shelter, as in a haven..
Sheal :: Sheal (v. t.) To put under a sheal or shelter.
Guard :: Guard (n.) To protect from danger; to secure against surprise, attack, or injury; to keep in safety; to defend; to shelter; to shield from surprise or attack; to protect by attendance; to accompany for protection; to care for..
Unhouse :: Unhouse (v. t.) To drive from a house or habitation; to dislodge; hence, to deprive of shelter..
Wicket :: Wicket (n.) A place of shelter made of the boughs of trees, -- used by lumbermen, etc..
Imbosom :: Imbosom (v. t.) To inclose or place in the midst of; to surround or shelter; as, a house imbosomed in a grove..
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