place+of+shelter
1shelter — [[t]ʃe̱ltə(r)[/t]] ♦♦♦ shelters, sheltering, sheltered 1) N COUNT A shelter is a small building or covered place which is made to protect people from bad weather or danger. The city s bomb shelters were being prepared for possible air raids. ...a …
2shelter — I. noun Etymology: origin unknown Date: 1585 1. a. something that covers or affords protection < a bomb shelter > b. an establishment providing food and shelter (as to the homeless) c. an establishment that houses and feeds stray animals 2. a… …
3shelter — n Shelter, cover, retreat, refuge, asylum, sanctuary can mean the state or a place in which one is safe or secure from whatever threatens or disturbs. Shelter usually implies the protection of something that temporarily covers (as a shield or a… …
4shelter — I (protection) noun aid, asylum, care, cover, covering, coverture, defense, habitation, harbor, haven, home, house, lodging, place of refuge, preservation, receptaculum, refuge, retreat, roof, safety, sanctuary, screen, security, shield,… …
5shelter — [shel′tər] n. [prob. < ME scheltroun, earlier scheltrum < OE sceldtruma, lit., shield troop, body of men protected by interlocked shields < scield (see SHIELD) + truma, an array, troop; akin to trum, strong: (see TRIM)] 1. something that …
6Shelter Island — may refer to:Places: *Shelter Island (town), New York, which encompasses two hamlets with similar names: **Shelter Island (CDP), New York (census designated place) **Shelter Island Heights, New York *Shelter Island Sound, a New York sound… …
7Shelter Cave — is an archaeological and paleontological site located in Doña Ana County, New Mexico.General DescriptionThe site is a rock shelter well up on the western side of Bishop s Cap, an outlier of the Organ Mountains. It lies about 450 ft below the… …
8Shelter Skelter — is an episode of the 1980s revival of The Twilight Zone .Harry Dobbs (Joe Mantegna) is a family man obsessed with surviving a nuclear war. He has even built himself a fallout shelter in his basement. His wife, (Joan Allen) has taken the kids (one …
9Shelter — Shel ter, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Sheltered}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Sheltering}.] 1. To be a shelter for; to provide with a shelter; to cover from injury or annoyance; to shield; to protect. [1913 Webster] Those ruins sheltered once his sacred head.… …
10shelter — ► NOUN 1) a place giving protection from bad weather or danger. 2) a place providing food and accommodation for the homeless. 3) a shielded condition; protection. ► VERB 1) provide with shelter. 2) find refuge or take cover. 3) …
