shelter
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1.0
- noun
- /ˈʃɛltər/
:
protección
- The hikers took shelter under a large tree to escape the heavy rain.
- food and shelter
- provide shelter
- seek shelter
For good reason, which is find food, find shelter, find protection.
- For good reason, which is find food, find shelter, find protection.
- Does this just mean food and water and shelter and clothing?
- Access to food, access to water, access to shelter, to to clean air.
- Obviously you need food, you need water, you need shelter, you need clean air.
- All these storms that's going to take place, you are giving yourself shelter from the storms when they come.
- How long would it be appropriate to have a shelter in place?
- But today, certainly in the West, people think that you need far more than just food and shelter if you have your basic needs met.
- What one thing of purpose might be, well, helping people who don't have water, don't have food, don't have shelter, don't have clothing, don't have health.
- Now there is a feeling Southern states, Georgia, Tennessee, South Carolina have announced plans to ease shelter in place.
- I actually, I I deal with anxiety myself and my anxiety went into OverDrive during shelter in place and COVID.
- But there's a suffering that no food, no shelter brings upon.
- A lot of people who are under shelter in place type stuff are doing more of this.
Examples
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During the storm, they found shelter inside a nearby building.
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They entered this fort seeking shelter, and you cut them down.
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Rather, it is a kind of shelter for the future.
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For good reason, which is find food, find shelter, find protection.
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Obviously you need food, you need water, you need shelter, you need clean air.
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But today, certainly in the West, people think that you need far more than just food and shelter if you have your basic needs met.
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We need to find shelter.
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All residents are urged to seek immediate shelter.
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The memory of their home and the shelter it provided was still vivid to them.
Academic text (2003) -
They're putting that money toward the relief efforts right now because you need medicine and food and shelter and immediate assistance.
Synonyms
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Keeping people or things safe from harm
520
4.6
Shelter that hides and protects people, for example behind sandbags
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3.3
A safe place or person that protects you from harm
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4.1
A safe place where people go to escape danger
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3.2
A place to live, like a house or flat that keeps you dry and safe
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2.9
A place to live or stay
A place where people or ships find safety from danger
Antonyms
Compounds
- US
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4.4
A plan or investment that helps people and companies pay less money to the government
- Archaic
8
5.3
A room underground that protects people from radioactive dust after a nuclear blast
- Specialized
A very strong room or building that protects people from bomb explosions
A small tent shaped like a triangle without a floor that gives temporary cover outdoors
How Protected
Surface Forms
Etymology
Shelter is tied to the idea of being 'protected' or under a 'cover', which explains why shelter can mean the state of safety from danger, trouble, or bad weather.