SHELTER

Pronunciation (US):

• SHELTER (noun)
  The noun SHELTER has 5 senses:

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
4. a way of organizing business to reduce the taxes it must pay on current earnings
5. temporary housing for homeless or displaced persons

  Familiarity information: SHELTER used as a noun is common.

• SHELTER (verb)
  The verb SHELTER has 2 senses:

1. provide shelter for
2. invest (money) so that it is not taxable

  Familiarity information: SHELTER used as a verb is rare.

• SHELTER (noun)

Meaning:

A structure that provides privacy and protection from danger

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Hypernyms ("shelter" is a kind of...):

construction; structure (a thing constructed; a complex entity constructed of many parts)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "shelter"):

cookhouse (a detached or outdoor shelter for cooking)

collapsible shelter; tent (a portable shelter (usually of canvas stretched over supporting poles and fastened to the ground with ropes and pegs))

cyclone cellar; storm cellar; tornado cellar (an underground shelter where you can go until a storm passes)

asylum; refuge; sanctuary (a shelter from danger or hardship)

mantelet; mantlet (portable bulletproof shelter)

loft; pigeon loft (a raised shelter in which pigeons are kept)

army hut; field hut; hut (temporary military shelter)

hovel; hut; hutch; shack; shanty (small crude shelter used as a dwelling)

haven; oasis (a shelter serving as a place of safety or sanctuary)

fallout shelter (a shelter to protect occupants from the fallout from an atomic bomb)

dugout (either of two low shelters on either side of a baseball diamond where the players and coaches sit during the game)

Meaning:

Protective covering that provides protection from the weather

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Hypernyms ("shelter" is a kind of...):

protection; protective cover; protective covering (a covering that is intend to protect from damage or injury)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "shelter"):

sentry box (a small shelter with an open front to protect a sentry from the weather)

roost (a shelter with perches for fowl or other birds)

lean-to (rough shelter whose roof has only one slope)

cote (a small shelter for domestic animals (as sheep or pigeons))

canopy (a covering (usually of cloth) that serves as a roof to shelter an area from the weather)

birdhouse (a shelter for birds)

bell cot; bell cote (a small shelter for bells; has a gable or shed roof)

Meaning:

The condition of being protected

Classified under:

Nouns denoting stable states of affairs

Synonyms:

shelter; protection

Context examples:

they were huddled together for protection / he enjoyed a sense of peace and protection in his new home

Hypernyms ("shelter" is a kind of...):

security (the state of being free from danger or injury)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "shelter"):

radioprotection (protection against harmful effects of radiation)

indemnity; insurance (protection against future loss)

Meaning:

A way of organizing business to reduce the taxes it must pay on current earnings

Classified under:

Nouns denoting possession and transfer of possession

Synonyms:

tax shelter; shelter

Hypernyms ("shelter" is a kind of...):

decrease; diminution; reduction; step-down (the act of decreasing or reducing something)

Meaning:

Temporary housing for homeless or displaced persons

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Hypernyms ("shelter" is a kind of...):

housing; living accommodations; lodging (structures collectively in which people are housed)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "shelter"):

camp; refugee camp (shelter for persons displaced by war or political oppression or for religious beliefs)

• SHELTER (verb)

Meaning:

Provide shelter for

Classified under:

Verbs of being, having, spatial relations

Context example:

After the earthquake, the government could not provide shelter for the thousands of homeless people

Hypernyms (to "shelter" is one way to...):

furnish; provide; render; supply (provide or furnish with)

Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "shelter"):

domiciliate; house; put up (provide housing for)

kennel (put up in a kennel)

stable (shelter in a stable)

stall (put into, or keep in, a stall)

harbor; harbour (secretly shelter (as of fugitives or criminals))

Sentence frames:

Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s somebody
Something ----s somebody
Something ----s something

Meaning:

Invest (money) so that it is not taxable

Classified under:

Verbs of buying, selling, owning

Hypernyms (to "shelter" is one way to...):

commit; invest; place; put (make an investment)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s something