Definition of shelter

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Shelter (n.) One who protects; a guardian; a defender.

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Inhospitable :: Inhospitable (a.) Affording no shelter or sustenance; barren; desert; bleak; cheerless; wild.
Greenhouse :: Greenhouse (n.) A house in which tender plants are cultivated and sheltered from the weather.
Shade :: Shade (v. t.) To shelter; to cover from injury; to protect; to screen; to hide; as, to shade one's eyes..
Emboss :: Emboss (v. t.) To hide or conceal in a thicket; to imbosk; to inclose, shelter, or shroud in a wood..
Bield :: Bield (n.) A shelter. Same as Beild.
Covert :: Covert (v. t.) Sheltered; not open or exposed; retired; protected; as, a covert nook..
Shelterless :: Shelterless (a.) Destitute of shelter or protection.
Mew :: Mew (n.) A cage for hawks while mewing; a coop for fattening fowls; hence, any inclosure; a place of confinement or shelter; -- in the latter sense usually in the plural..
Den :: Den (n.) A small cavern or hollow place in the side of a hill, or among rocks; esp., a cave used by a wild beast for shelter or concealment; as, a lion's den; a den of robbers..
Close-fights :: Close-fights (n. pl.) Barriers with loopholes, formerly erected on the deck of a vessel to shelter the men in a close engagement with an enemy's boarders; -- called also close quarters..
Barth :: Barth (n.) A place of shelter for cattle.
Shed :: Shed (n.) A slight or temporary structure built to shade or shelter something; a structure usually open in front; an outbuilding; a hut; as, a wagon shed; a wood shed..
Refuge :: Refuge (n.) That which shelters or protects from danger, or from distress or calamity; a stronghold which protects by its strength, or a sanctuary which secures safety by its sacredness; a place inaccessible to an enemy..
Unharbored :: Unharbored (a.) Having no harbor or shelter; unprotected.
Unhoused :: Unhoused (a.) Not provided with a house or shelter; houseless; homeless.
Bower :: Bower (n.) A shelter or covered place in a garden, made with boughs of trees or vines, etc., twined together; an arbor; a shady recess..
Bosomy :: Bosomy (a.) Characterized by recesses or sheltered hollows.
Enshelter :: Enshelter (v. t.) To shelter.
Shelter :: Shelter (v. t.) To betake to cover, or to a safe place; -- used reflexively..
Shade :: Shade (v. t.) To shelter or screen by intercepting the rays of light; to keep off illumination from.
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