Definition of shelter

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Shelter (v. t.) To betake to cover, or to a safe place; -- used reflexively..

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Rooflet :: Rooflet (n.) A small roof, covering, or shelter..
Roofless :: Roofless (a.) Having no house or home; shelterless; homeless.
Sanctuarize :: Sanctuarize (v. t.) To shelter by means of a sanctuary or sacred privileges.
Crow''s-nest :: Crow's-nest (n.) A box or perch near the top of a mast, esp. in whalers, to shelter the man on the lookout..
Camp :: Camp (n.) A collection of tents, huts, etc., for shelter, commonly arranged in an orderly manner..
Ensconce :: Ensconce (v. t.) To cover or shelter, as with a sconce or fort; to place or hide securely; to conceal..
Sanctuary :: Sanctuary (n.) A sacred and inviolable asylum; a place of refuge and protection; shelter; refuge; protection.
Bosomy :: Bosomy (a.) Characterized by recesses or sheltered hollows.
Berlin :: Berlin (n.) A four-wheeled carriage, having a sheltered seat behind the body and separate from it, invented in the 17th century, at Berlin..
Shady :: Shady (superl.) Sheltered from the glare of light or sultry heat.
Embosom :: Embosom (v. t.) To inclose or surround; to shelter closely; to place in the midst of something.
Housing :: Housing (n.) The act of putting or receiving under shelter; the state of dwelling in a habitation.
Refuge :: Refuge (n.) Shelter or protection from danger or distress.
Camp :: Camp (n.) A single hut or shelter; as, a hunter's camp..
Awning :: Awning (n.) A rooflike cover, usually of canvas, extended over or before any place as a shelter from the sun, rain, or wind..
Shield :: Shield (n.) Anything which protects or defends; defense; shelter; protection.
Unharbor :: Unharbor (v. t.) To drive from harbor or shelter.
Beild :: Beild (n.) A place of shelter; protection; refuge.
Coverture :: Coverture (n.) Covering; shelter; defense; hiding.
Winter-ground :: Winter-ground (v. t.) To coved over in the season of winter, as for protection or shelter; as, to winter-ground the roods of a plant..
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