shelter
Meaning of shelter
noun
- A refuge, haven or other cover or protection from something.
- An institution that provides temporary housing for homeless people, battered women etc.
- To provide cover from damage or harassment; to shield; to protect.
- To take cover.
During the rainstorm, we sheltered under a tree.
Information about shelter
- The plural form of shelter is: shelters.
- Languages in which shelter is used:
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Hyphenation of shelter
shel-ter
- It consists of 2 syllables and 7 chars.
- shelter is a word disyllabic because it has two syllables
shelter synonyms
Meaning protection:
Translation of shelter
- Spanish: refugio, albergue, albergo, refugiarse, albergarse, guarecerse, cobijarse, resguardarse, albergar, refugiar, cobijar, resguardar, guarecer, abrigo, asilo, protección, amparo
- French: abri, hébergement, abriter
- Italian: riparo, rifugiarsi, rifugio, asilo, protezione
- Portuguese: abrigo, albergue
- German: Dach, Schutz, Schirm, Obdach
Words that rhyme with shelter
Bookwalter, Buchalter, Calter, Mannhalter, Psalter, Salter, Walter, alter, asphalter, balter, desalter, drysalter, exalter, falter, gestalter, halter, malter, misalter, palter, prealter, prehalter, psalter, realter, salter, sesquialter, sliphalter, smalter, talter, unhalter, waghalter, walter, Belter, Gladfelter, Klinefelter, Pelter, Selter, Spelter, belter, beswelter, bewelter, enshelter, felter, inshelter, kelter, melter, pelter, preshelter, skelter, smelter, spelter
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