shelter
/ˈʃɛltɚ/ sustantivo B1En español: abrigo, amparo, abrigadero, abrigaño
- A place where a person or animal may find protection from the elements (especially rain, storms, or cold) sometimes as a place to sleep (such as a cave). · The band of explorers found a shelter behind the waterfall, which they rested at for three days.· rock shelter
- A bare-bones above-ground structure meant to provide temporary cover from the elements; usually small and with no door to close. · bus shelter· waiting shelter
- A place for protection from deadly conditions outside, including military assault; usually partly or fully underground. · tornado shelter· fallout shelter
- A refuge, sanctuary, or (by metonymy) institution that provides temporary housing or a place to sleep for those in need or in danger. · (in compounds)· women's shelter
- An animal shelter. · I wish more people would look for pets at the shelter before turning to breeders!· kill shelter
- That which provides protection or cover. · Along with air, water, and food, shelter is often recognized as a human necessity.
- The state of being protected or shielded.
Plural shelters
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Yet may we shelter ourselves in the infinite goodness of Providence, which would not forever punish the innocent beyond that third or fourth generation which is threatened in Holy Writ.
But, by degrees, watch-chains, necklaces, parti-colored scarves, embroidered bodices, velvet vests, elegantly worked stockings, striped gaiters, and silver buckles for the shoes, all disappeared; and Gaspard Caderousse, unable to appear abroad in his pristine splendor, had given up any further participation in the pomps and vanities, both for himself and wife, although a bitter feeling of envious discontent filled his mind as the sound of mirth and merry music from the joyous revellers reached even the miserable hostelry to which he still clung, more for the shelter than the profit it afforded.
We had hardly got under the shelter of the hedge when the carriage rattled past.
A STAG, roundly chased by the hounds and blinded by fear to the danger he was running into, took shelter in a farmyard and hid himself in a shed among the oxen.
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