Shelter People Human Extra Examples Noun ˈʃeltə(R ˈʃeltər

• human beings need food, clothing and shelter.
• in developing countries, more than 640 million are without shelter.
• to take shelter from the storm
• people were desperately seeking shelter from the gunfire.

shelter

1. the fact of having a place to live or stay, considered as a basic human need
• Human beings need food, clothing and shelter.
• In developing countries, more than 640 million are without shelter.

Extra Examples

• The nuns won't refuse you shelter.
• They were anxious to find shelter for the night.
2. protection from rain, danger, or attack
• to take shelter from the storm
• People were desperately seeking shelter from the gunfire.
• The sand dunes provided shelter from the wind.
• The fox was running for the shelter of the trees.

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• She was standing in the shelter of the doorway.
• The great elm trees gave shelter from the wind.
• We had to leave the shelter of the trees.
• He took shelter from the rain under a bridge.
3. a structure built to give protection, especially from the weather or from attack
• SEE ALSO bus shelter
  https://www.oxfordlearnersdictionaries.com/definition/english/bus-shelter
• They built a rough shelter from old pieces of wood.
• He helped construct temporary shelters in 10 villages before the rains came.
• an air-raid shelter
• a bomb shelter
• Pupils have been sent home and schools have been turned into emergency shelters.
• a shelter for cattle
4. a building, usually owned by a charity, that provides a place to stay for people without a home, or protection for people or animals who have been badly treated
• SEE ALSO hostel
  https://www.oxfordlearnersdictionaries.com/definition/english/hostel
• a night shelter for the homeless
• an animal shelter

Extra Examples

• She works as a volunteer at a homeless shelter.
• You'll be safer in the shelter.

Word Origin

• late 16th cent.: perhaps an alteration of sheld, an old spelling of shield, + -ure.