Shelter

Definition: Shelter

Shelter

Noun

1. A structure that provides privacy and protection from danger.

2. Protective covering that provides protection from the weather.

3. The condition of being protected; "they were huddled together for protection"; "he enjoyed a sense of peace and protection in his new home".

4. A way of organizing business to reduce the taxes it must pay.

Verb

1. Provide shelter for; "After the earthquake, the government could not provide shelter for the thousands of homeless people".

Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
 

Date "shelter" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1010. (references)

Etymology: Shelter \Shel"ter\, noun. [Compare to Old English scheltrun, shiltroun, schelltrome, scheldtrome, a guard, squadron, Anglo-Saxon scildtruma a troop of men with shields; scild shield + truma a band of men. See Shield, noun]. (references)

Dream Interpretation

Public Administration

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Synonyms: Shelter

Dissuasion

Verb: pretend, plead, allege; shelter oneself under the plea of; excuse; (vindicate); lend a color to; furnish a handle; Noun: make a pretext of, make a handle of; use as a plea; Noun: take one's stand upon, make capital out of, pretend; (lie).

Refuge

Covert, cover, shelter, screen, lee wall, wing, shield, umbrella; barrier; dashboard, dasher.

Safety

Seek safety; take shelter, find shelter.

Make safe, render safe; Adjective:; protect; take care of; (care); preserve; cover, screen, shelter, shroud, flank, ward; guard; (defend); secure; (restrain); entrench, intrench, fence round; (circumscribe); house, nestle, ensconce; take charge of.

Crosswords: Shelter

That cat's been like a brother to you. And we're supposed to let it wander the streets without food, shelter, and toilet (Meet the Parents; writing credit: Greg Glienna; Mary Ruth Clarke)

But then, one winter's night, an old beggar woman came to the castle and offered him a single rose in return for shelter from the bitter cold (Beauty and the Beast; writing credit: Roger Allers; Kelly Asbury)

Dig hard, dig deep, go for shelter, and never look back (Reign of Fire; writing credit: Damon Packard)

Food, water, shelter (The Haunting; writing credit: David Self)

Let's have a drink and shelter from the showers (Follies in Concert; writing credit: James Goldman)

I cry for love and seek shelter (Your Shadow, My Shelter; performing artist: Surface)

Speak to me and let our words build a shelter from the storm (Trouble Me; performing artist: 10,000 Maniacs)

And shelter from the storm (No Matter What; performing artist: Boyzone)

For the arms to be my shelter (I Turn to You; performing artist: Christina Aguilera)

The birds flew off with a fallout shelter ("American Pie"; performing artist: Don McLean)

Shelter for six sick scenic sightseers. (references; author: unknown)

Gimme Shelter (1970)

Helter Shelter (1955)

Shelter Tent Drill (1900)

Gimme Shelter II (1999)

Under Shelter (1987)

I'll Be Your Shelter (performing artist: Taylor Dayne)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Books

• A Shelter in the Storm (Seven Sisters) (reference)

• A Shelter Sketchbook: Timeless Building Solutions (reference)

• American Shelter : An Illustrated Encyclopedia of the American Homes (reference)

• Shelter Dogs: Amazing Stories of Adopted Strays (reference)

• Shelter for the Spirit: Create Your Own Haven in a Hectic World (reference)

  (more book examples)

Periodicals

• Shelter (reference)

• Shelter Island Reporter (reference)

  (more periodical examples)

Theater & Movies

• Gimme Shelter (reference)

• Shelter (reference)

  (more DVD examples; more video examples)

Music

• Leon Russell And the Shelter People [Bonus Tracks] (reference)

• Shelter (reference)

  (more classical music examples; more popular music examples)

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Robert Goddards's Tower and Shelter at Camp Devens. Credit: NASA.

Shelter and equipment used in reading sounding tubes Off of PIONEER. Credit: Coast & Geodetic Survey Historical Image Collection.

Observing tent used to shelter instrument from the wind Triangulation party of E. W. Eickelberg. Credit: Coast & Geodetic Survey Historical Image Collection.

A Maryland Blue Crab, Callinectes sapidus, seeking shelter under a rocky ledge. Credit: America's Coastlines.

Robert Falcon Scott's Hut Point Shelter at McMurdo Station. Credit: Paths Less Taken - NOAA at the Ends of the Earth.

Supplies in interior of Scott's Hut Point Shelter. Credit: Paths Less Taken - NOAA at the Ends of the Earth.

A tray of eelgrass turf and plugs ready for transplant. Eelgrass, Zostera marina contributes substantially to the health of coastal ecosystems. Eelgrass meadows provide shelter and spawning habitat for fish and shellfish and the living blades or leaves provide food for waterfowl like brant and Canada Geese. And eelgrass is a critical element of the Bay's detrital food web. Credit: NOAA Restoration Center.

Jobos Bay National Estuarine Research Reserve. Manatees live in estuarine waters. Sea grass meadows provide shelter and habitat. Credit: National Estuarine Research Reserve System (NERR).

Standard instrument shelter (called a Stevenson Screen) used by NSSL. Shelter houses temperature, pressure, and relative humidity instruments. Observer comes to shelter to take readings. The shelter is a wooden box painted white with double-louvered sides. It is mounted on a stand 4 feet above the ground. Credit: National Severe Storms Laboratory (NSSL).

Black durgen removed from its shelter. Credit: National Undersea Research Program (NURP).

Source: pictures compiled by the editor from various references; see picture credits.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

Dreadful as it was, she was conscious of a shelter in the presence of these thousand witnesses

These two beings led in that wretched shelter a happy life

Two boys were standing in the shelter of a doorway, smoking, and before he reached them he had recognised Heron by his voice

I passed the night under the shelter of a rock, strowing some heath under me, and slept pretty well

None of the brute creation requires more than Food and Shelter.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

Health

In the past, there were strong cultural tendencies to shelter children from painful realities. (references)

Air out, then disinfect cabins or shelters before using them. These places often shelter rodents. (references)

Set Environmental Protection Agency-approved rodenticide with bait under plywood or plastic shelter along baseboards. (references)

Business

In Shanghai a women's shelter was closed after 12 months because its funding ran out. (references)

A significant share of new leasing business is done as a tax shelter and "in-the-group" activity. (references)

On the one hand, exporters encounter a wide variety of protectionist practices in China, which are designed to shelter domestic producers from competition and to conserve foreign exchange. (references)

Children

Russia

Bereg runs a shelter and offers training programs to children and social workers. (references)

Mozambique

Other NGO groups sponsored food, shelter, and education programs in all major cities. (references)

Taiwan

One-third of the total are severely disabled and receive shelter or nursing care from the authorities. (references)

Civil Liberties

Mozambique

The UNHCR occasionally makes alternative shelter available to those who feel threatened. (references)

Korea

Most have crossed the border clandestinely in small groups to seek food, shelter, and work. (references)

Mongolia

Due to continued harsh winter weather and drought conditions, an increased number of persons sought shelter in the capital. (references)

Economic History

Moldova

The resulting Operation Provide Hope provided desperately needed food, fuel, medicine, and shelter. (references)

Saudi Arabia

During and after the Gulf War, the Government of Saudi Arabia provided water, food, shelter, and fuel for coalition forces in the region. (references)

Nigeria

Federal and State governments are also determined to provide affordable shelter for their teeming populace in accordance with their electoral promises. (references)

Human Rights

Eritrea

The male students were held at a military facility with no shelter from the sun. (references)

South Africa

Churches assisted many persons and provided temporary shelter in nearby township areas. (references)

Eritrea

There were reports that the student detainees were not given adequate food, water, or shelter at Wia. (references)

Indigenous People

Paraguay

Other significant problems facing the indigenous population include lack of shelter and medical care, economic displacement resulting from other groups' development and modernization, and malnutrition. (references)

Minorities

Germany

In July 2000, three Kosovar Albanian children were injured when a firebomb was thrown through the window of the shelter for asylum seekers where they were staying in Ludwigshafen, Rhineland-Palatinate. (references)

Political Economy

East Timor

The majority of the population has basic shelter and sufficient food supplies. (references)

Trade

Finland

Finland, along with other new members, is permitted to take measures, accepted by the EU, to shelter its agriculture or foodstuff sector during a limited transition period. (references)

Women

Belize

A shelter for battered women offers short-term housing. (references)

Cyprus

The NGO operates a shelter for battered women in Nicosia. (references)

Worker Rights

Bulgaria

The NGO also operates a shelter. (references)

Panama

They commonly are deprived of adequate food and shelter. (references)

Germany

These organizations provide food, shelter, and counseling to victims. (references)

Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

Expressions using "shelter": afford shelter ♦ air shelter ♦ bomb shelter ♦ bus shelter ♦ collapsible shelter ♦ fallout shelter ♦ find shelter ♦ forest shelter belt ♦ forest shelter belts ♦ gasproof shelter ♦ get under shelter ♦ give shelter to ♦ nuclear shelter ♦ public shelter ♦ seek a shelter ♦ seek shelter ♦ seek shelter from the rain ♦ Shelter Bay ♦ shelter belt ♦ shelter deck ♦ shelter from ♦ shelter half ♦ Shelter Island ♦ Shelter Island H ♦ Shelter Island Heights ♦ shelter oneself ♦ shelter screen ♦ shelter temperature ♦ shelter tent ♦ Stevenson's thermometer shelter ♦ take shelter ♦ take shelter in ♦ taking shelter ♦ tax shelter. Additional references.

Beginning with "shelter": shelter-belt, shelter-belts, shelter-homes, shelter-it, shelter-pits, shelter-that.

Ending with "shelter": bus-shelter.

Afrikaans

toevlugsoord (asylum, place, place of refuge, sanctuary), beskerm (protect), behoed (guard, preserve, protect, save). (various references)

Albanian

strehoj (accommodate, billet, Canton, cover, embay, Harbor, harbour, haven, home, host, house, Lodge, quarter, refuge, resettle), strehim (accommodation, billet, bunker, casemate, coverture, dugout, housing, quarterage, refuge, resettlement, resort), strehë (asylum, awning, cover, dwelling, hangout, Harbor, harbour, haven, home, hostel, house, housing, hovel, Lee, lodgement, lodgment, lurking place, mew, pad, peak, port, recourse, refuge, retreat, roof, sanctuary, sanctum, sconce, shade, shed), kasolle (bothy, cabin, cot, hut, sconce, shack, shanty), i jap strehë (accommodate), barakë (barrack, booth, hut, shanty, small hut). (various references)

Arabic 

‏ملجأ (asylum, burrow, cover, harbor, harbour, haven, hideaway, hideout, home, lair, poorhouse, recourse, refuge, resort, resource, retreat, sanctuary, sanctum), ‏ملاذ (anchor, anchorage, asylum, harbor, harbour, haven, hermitage, hideaway, recourse, refuge, resort, retreat, sanctuary), ‏مأوى (asylum, dwelling, habitation, haven, house, quarters, refuge, resort, resting place, retreat, sanctuary), ‏لاذ (anchor, repair), ‏وقى (keep, preserve, protect, safeguard), ‏وقاء (cradle, fender, guard, hedge, housing, rampart, shield), ‏حمى (advocate, anneal, broil, buckler, bulwark, conserve, cover, defend, diet, fence, fever, feverish, guard, haven, heat, overheating, patronize, protect, safeguard, stove, superheat, vindicate, warm up), ‏سقيفة (awning, shed), ‏الكن (cover), ‏إستظل (seek shelter), ‏أوي (receive), ‏أوى (accommodate, harbor, harbour, hard, lodge, nestle, quarter), ‏أخفى (cloak, conceal, cover up, harbor, harbour, hid, hill, hush, keep, obscure, obstruct, palm, receive, secrete, smother, stash, stow, suppress, wrap). (various references)

Basque

gaineko. (various references)

Bulgarian 

убежище (asylum, citadel, harborage, harbourage, haunt, haven, port, protection, refuge, retreat, sanctuary, sconce, sheet anchor), скривалище (cache, concealment, cover, coverture, hide, hideaway, hideout, hiding, hiding place, lair, lurking place, mew, stash), навес (awning, bulkhead, canopy, hovel, marquee, outbuilding, penthouse, shed, stoop, tilt), намирам подслон на, заслон (backstop, penthouse, screen, wickiup), защитавам (champion, defend, guard, keep, maintain, protect, shield, solicit, vindicate, ward), закътвам (ensconce, tuck), закътано място (sheltered place), приют (asylum, home, hospice, rest, retreat), покрив (ceiling, house-top, roof, roofing), подслонявам се (house, tabernacle), подслонявам (accommodate, house, refuge, take in), подслон (harborage, harbour, harbourage, housing, inn, nest, protection, refuge, rest, roof, sconce), давам подслон на (put up, refuge). (various references)

Chinese 

隱藏處 (hiding place), 风雨棚, 庇護 (put under one's protection, shield, take under one's wing), 庇 (cover, hide or harbor, to protect). (various references)

Czech

strážní budka (sentry box), schovávat se, ukrývat, ukrýt se (go into hiding, hole up), ukrýt (conceal, hide, lock up, secrete), přístřeší, chránit (defend, guard, patronize, police, preserve, protect, screen, shade, shield, ward), bunkr (bunker), útulek (harborage, harbour, harbourage, haven, refuge, resting place, retreat), úkryt (cache, cover, covert, hideaway, hiding, hiding place, lurking place, rest, sconce). (various references)

Danish

asyl (asylum, place of refuge, sanctuary). (various references)

Dutch

toevluchtsoord (asylum, place of refuge, sanctuary), kazemat (bunker), bunker (bunker). (various references)

Esperanto

rifuĝejo (place of refuge), bunkro (bunker), ŝirmo (protection), ŝirmilo, ŝirmi sin, ŝirmi (protect), ŝirmejo. (various references)

Faeroese

líva (protect). (various references)

Farsi 

پناهگاه (Asylum, Awning, Burrow, Covert, Harbor, Hovel, Refuge, Resort, Sanctuary, Stronghold), پناه دادن (Fence, Harbor, House, Refuge), محافظت کردن (Guard, Keep), محافظت (Preservation), حمایت (Aid, Auspices, Lee, Patronage), جان پناه (Parapet, Trench, Turret). (various references)

Finnish

suojus (case, casing, cover, guard, jacket, protector, screen, shield), suojatila, suojata (guard, protect, safeguard, shield), suojapaikka, suoja (cover, mild, protection, refuge, thaw), tuulensuoja (lee), turva (protection, refuge, safety, security), piilottaa (conceal, hide), pakopaikka (refuge), katto (ceiling, roof, top), hoivata (nurse, take good care of, tend). (various references)

French

abri (bomb shelter, shed), s'abriter (shade), refuge, abriter. (various references)

German

Schutz (conservation, cover, guard, hedge, lee, preservation, protect, protection, protector, refuge, safeguard, screen, shield), Zuflucht (place of refuge, recourse, refuge, sanctuary), Schutzdach (canopy), Obdach, luftschutzkeller (air-raid shelter, bombshelter), luftschutzbunker (bombshelter), beschützen (defend, guard, patronize, protect, shield, to patronize, to shelter), bergen (conceal, conserve, furl, get, hide, hold, keep, maintain, pick up, preserve, protect, put away, recover, rescue, retrieve, salvage, save, store, to salvage). (various references)

Greek 

καταφύγιο (abode, recourse, refuge, resort, sanctuary). (various references)

Hebrew 

מקלט (asylum, haven, refuge), מפלט (asylum, escape, haven, refuge, retreat), מעוז (force, fortress, protection, redoubt, strength, stronghold), מחסה (cover, haven, refuge), למצוא מקלט, לתת מחסה, לגונן (defend, guard, protect), לסוכך על (hide, protect, shade, shield), קן (cell, chamber, habitation, Jack, nest, socket), קורת גג, חוף מבטחים (safe shore), אוהל (pavilion, tabernacle, tent, tentorium), חסיון (privilege, refuge), צל (ghost, protection, shade, shadow), סתרה (hiding place). (various references)

Hungarian

védelem (aegis, cover, defence, defense, egis, evidence for the defence, protection, safeguard, save, shield, shielding, vindication), véd (defend, fence, fight back, protect, stand for, to armor, to armour, to cover, to fence, to justify, to save, to shelter, to shield, to ward), oltalom (defence, protection, shadow, shielding), oltalmaz (guard, patronize, protect, provide protection, safeguard, stand up for, to fence, to fend, to protect, to safeguard, to screen, to shelter, to shield, to ward), menedék (concealment, covert, coverture, harbor, harborage, harbourage, haven, home, housing, mew, place of concealment, recourse, refuge, resort, resource), fedezék (blindage, booby-hutch, cover, dugout, dug-out, entrenchment, foxhole), óvóhely (air-raid shelter, bombshelter, bunker, cove, dugout, refuge). (various references)

Indonesian

pernaungan, mengalingi, menaungi (protect, shade), keteduhan (quietness, shade), aling (protective cover). (various references)

Italian

riparo (apron, breastwork, Cote, cover, fender, protection, refuge, screen, shield), rifugio (asylum, covert, den, Harbor, harborage, harbour, harbourage, haven, housing, hut, refuge, sanctuary), riparare (fix, make amends for, make up, mend, overhaul, patch up, piece, protect, redress, repair, retrieve, right, screen, shield), ricovero (admission, asylum, haunt, home, hospitalization, old people's home, poorhouse, recovery, rest, sanctuary). (various references)

Japanese Kanji 

遮蔽物 (cover), 蔵匿　 (harboring, rare concealment), 蔵匿 (concealment, harboring), 避難所 (place of refuge), 物陰 (cover, hiding, under cover), 匿 (hide, shield), 待避 (shunt), 凌ぎ場 , 宿り (lodging abode), シェリー酒 (shell, shell-script, sheriff, Sherpa, sherry), 保護　 (care, protection), 保護 (care, favor, guardianship, patronage, protection). (various references)

Japanese Katakana 

ぞうとく (concealment, harboring), たいひ (comparison, compost, contrast, evacuation, loan, shunt, taking refuge), しのぎば, しゃへいぶつ (cover), ひなんじょ (place of refuge), ほご (care, complement, favor, guardianship, patronage, protection, scrap paper, wastepaper), シェルター , やどり (lodging abode), ものかげ (a form, a shape, cover, hiding, under cover), とく (gain, hide, interest, profit, shield, to advocate, to answer, to dissolve, to explain, to persuade, to preach, to solve, to untie). (various references)

Korean 

대피소. (various references)

Manx

keiltyn (conceal, concealment, cover, cover up, disguise, dissimulate, dissimulation, harbour, hide, renege, sneak, suppress, suppression, veil, veneer), goaill fastee, fastee (cover, harbourage, protection, sanctuary, screen), cur fastee da, bwaane (booth, cabin, cottage, cuddy on barge, hovel, hut, kiosk, outhouse, shack, shanty, shed, stall, stand), aaghtaghey (lodge). (various references)

Occitan

abric. (various references)

Pig Latin

eltershay.(various references)

Portuguese

abrigo (anchor, bunker, cover, covert, coverture, harbor, harborage, harbour, harbourage, haven, home, hostel, housing, nest, refuge, retreat, roof, sconce, screen), abrigar (ensconce, harbor, harbour, haver, house, lodge, nestle, protect, refuge, roof, screen). (various references)

Romanian

se adãposti (get under shelter, Harbor, harbour, nestle, take refuge), scutealã (refuge), sãlaş (dwelling), se pune la adãpost, ferealã (dodge, guard, wariness), acoperi (adorn, bedeck, cap, cloak, conceal, cover, deck, defilade, defray, disguise, Harbor, harbour, hide, hood, mantle, obfuscate, overgrow, overlap, overlay, overspread, paint, pepper, protect, roof, sheathe, sow, span, straw, suffuse, top, varnish, veil), adãpost (bunker, burrow, cot, cover, covert, coverture, flight, Harbor, harbour, haven, home, house, housing, kennel, lair, lodgment, nest, niche, penthouse, port, recourse, refuge, retreat, roofing, safeguard, sanctuary, sconce, screen, shadow, shield, shroud, stall, support), adãposti (accommodate, billet, cherish, cultivate, defilade, embower, guard, Harbor, harbour, have, hide, hold, house, Lodge, nestle, room, safeguard, screen, secure, shield, store), apãra (advocate, champion, cover, defend, fence, fend, guard, keep, maintain, protect, safeguard, save, shield, ward), apãrare (advocacy, apology, defence, defensive, fencing, guard, maintenance, muniment, protection, security, shield, vindication), ascunziş (concealment, den, fold, hiding place, lurch, nook, secret), azil (asylum, home, hospice, hospital, institution, refuge, retreat, sanctuary), culcuş (bed, couch, lair, Lodge, roost), acoperãmânt (cover, Pall, refuge, roof, veil), da casã, ocroti (befriend, cradle, defend, Foster, patronize, safeguard, shield), ocrotire (asylum, charge, defence, Favor, favour, screening, sheltering), protecţie (defence, pap, patronage, protection, push, safeguard, safety, saving, security, support), proteja (aid, defend, glaze, protect, sconce, screen, secure, support), rãsadniţã (hotbed, parterre), refugiu (asylum, covert, flight, Harbor, harbour, haven, hiding, home, kennel, niche, pied a terre, recourse, refuge, retreat, sanctuary), da adãpost cuiva. (various references)

Russian 

укрыть (conceal, cover up), укрытие (cover, covering, coverture, hide, hideaway, hideout, hide-out), укрывать защита, убежище (asylum, bolt-hole, burrow, citadel, dugout, harborage, harbour, harbourage, haven, hideaway, hideout, hide-out, hiding place, hiding-place, lurking-place, niche, nook, port, refuge, retreat, sancta, sanctuary, sanctum, subterfuge), кров (home), приют (asylum, charity school, charity-school, foundling hospital, foundling-hospital, harbourage, haven, hospice, niche, nook, orphanage), прикрывать (cover, screen). (various references)

Scottish

teagair (collect, cover, protect, supply), fasgadh (protection), dìon (a shelter, defence, protect, protection). (various references)

Serbo-Croatian

skloniti se (get away, stand aloof), sklonište (bombshelter, covert, ivy bush, refuge, retreat), zakloniti (cover, guard, obstruct, occult, screen, shut in), zaklon (blindage, cover, covert, entrenchment, refuge, screen, splasher), zaklanjati (block, guard), utočište (anchor, asylum, harborage, harbourage, haunt, haven, niche, refuge). (various references)

Spanish

amparo (Favor, favour, help, protection), albergue (Harbor, harbour, hostel, inn, refuge), abrigo (cloak, coat, cover, covering, covert, mantle, overcoat, protection). (various references)

Swedish

skyddsrum (bomb shelter, bombshelter, dugout, dug-out, funk hole), skydda (cover, defend, ensure, guard, keep, nestle, protect, protect oneself, safeguard, save, screen, secure, shield), skydd (aegis, Buckler, cover, covert, coverture, defence, defense, guard, guards, Harbor, harbour, hedge, hood, housing, indemnity, protection, refuge, safeguard, safekeeping, screen, shield). (various references)

Thai

ที่พักผู้โดยสาร (bus shelter). (various references)

Turkish

sundurma (cantilever, lean-to shed, loggia, open shed, penthouse, porch, shed, stoop), siper (aegis, barricade, bulwark, casemate, dike, dyke, entrenchment, foxhole, outwork, parapet, rampart, screen, shield, splasher, trench), saklamak (blind, Bury, cloak, conceal, disguise, enshrine, harvest, hide, hold back, keep back, keep smth. quiet, keep smth. under wraps, keep snug, lay down, obscure, plant, put by, put out of sight, screen, secrete, stash, stash away, stow away, suffuse, tuck away), sığınak (air-raid shelter, asylum, bunker, burrow, cove, cover, covering, covert, cranny, creep, den, fastness, Harbor, harbour, haven, lair, refuge, repair, sanctuary, stronghold, tabernacle, tower), yatırmak (bed, credit, deposit, embark, fund, incline, instate, invest, lay down, lay low, pay into, place, put to bed, put to sleep, repose, repose on, sink, subscribe), korunmak (avoid, be protected, defend oneself, guard), korumak (buffer, charm, cocoon, conserve, convoy, cover, defend, embosom, embower, encourage, escort, fence, guard, indemnify, keep, keep guard, maintain, patronize, preserve, protect, safeguard, save, screen, secure, shade, shield, spare, sponsor, vindicate, ward), barınmak (Harbor, harbour), barındırmak (Harbor, harbour, hold, house, hut, keep back, nestle), barınak (asylum, burrow, cove, Harbor, harbour, haven, hiding place, housing, refuge, repair, sanctuary). (various references)

Turkmen 

penalamak (defend), buky. (various references)

Ukrainian

укритися, укрити, рятувати (bring off, rescue, salvage, salve, save), заступництво (auspices, favour, patronage, pleading, protection, protectorate, protectorship, proxy, push), захисток (asylum), захищати (advocate, apologize, assert, bield, bonnet, champion, cover, defend, fight, overshade, overshadow, protect, shield, stand by, stand up for, stick up for), бомбосховище (bomb-proof), притулок (accommodation, asylum, bield, chimney, cover, harbour, niche, nook, port, purlieu, refuge, sanctuary, subterfuge, succor, succour). (various references)

Vietnamese 

hầm lầu, chòi phòng, chỗ núp, chỗ nương tựa, chỗ che (lee), chỗ ẩn. (various references)

Welsh

ymochel (beware), llochesu (harbor), lloches (den, refuge), llechu (hide, lurk, skulk), gwasgod (waistcoat), diddosrwydd (safety), diddosi, cysgodi (shade, shadow), cysgod (shade, shadow, type), cyfarchwel (care, oversight), cwfert (cover), cuert, clydwch (warmth), achlesu (manure, protect, succor). (various references)

absconsionem, amasa, amasae, amasai, amasam, ara, arabes, arabum, araceum, arad, arae, aram, ararum, aras, aree, asa, asadiam, asaiam, asam, asamian, aseas, asum, confugii, defendo, gerarae, protectio, protectione, protectionem, sisara, sisarae, sisaram, tectum, umbraculis, umbraculo, umbraculum. (various references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Derivations

Words beginning with "shelter": shelterbelt, shelterbelts, sheltered, shelterer, shelterers, sheltering, shelterless, shelters. (additional references)

Misspellings

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