English > shelter: 7 senses > noun 1, artifact| Meaning | A structure that provides privacy and protection from danger. |
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| Narrower | cookhouse | A detached or outdoor shelter for cooking |
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| dugout | Either of two low shelters on either side of a baseball diamond where the players and coaches sit during the game |
| fallout shelter | A shelter to protect occupants from the fallout from an atomic bomb |
| haven, oasis | A shelter serving as a place of safety or sanctuary |
| hovel, hut, hutch, shack, shanty | small crude shelter used as a dwelling |
| hut, army hut, field hut | temporary military shelter |
| loft, pigeon loft | A raised shelter in which pigeons are kept |
| mantelet, mantlet | portable bulletproof shelter |
| refuge, sanctuary, asylum | A shelter from danger or hardship / hardship |
| sconce | A shelter or screen providing protection from enemy fire or from the weather |
| storm cellar, cyclone cellar, tornado cellar | An underground shelter where you can go until a storm passes |
| tent, collapsible shelter | A portable shelter (usually of canvas stretched over supporting poles and fastened to the ground with ropes and pegs) |
| Broader | structure, construction | A thing constructed |
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| Spanish | abrigo, asilo, refugio |
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| Catalan | abric, recer, refugi |
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| Verbs | shelter | provide shelter / shelter for |
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English > shelter: 7 senses > noun 2, artifact| Meaning | protective covering that provides protection from the weather. |
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| Narrower | bell cote, bell cot | A small shelter for bells |
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| birdhouse | A shelter for birds |
| canopy | A covering (usually of cloth) that serves as a roof to shelter an area from the weather |
| cote | A small shelter for domestic animals (as sheep or pigeons) |
| kennel, doghouse, dog house | outbuilding that serves as a shelter for a dog |
| lean-to | rough shelter whose roof has only one slope |
| roost | A shelter with perches for fowl or other birds |
| sconce | A shelter or screen providing protection from enemy fire or from the weather |
| sentry box | A small shelter with an open front to protect a sentry from the weather |
| Broader | protective covering, protective cover, protection | A covering that is intend to protect from damage or injury |
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| Spanish | abrigo, amparo, asilo, cobijo, protección, refugio, resguardo |
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| Catalan | abric, asil, protecció, recer, refugi, resguard |
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| Verbs | shelter | provide shelter / shelter for |
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English > shelter: 7 senses > verb 1, stative| Meaning | Provide shelter / shelter for. |
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| Pattern | Somebody ----s something; Somebody ----s somebody; Something ----s somebody; Something ----s something |
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| Example | "After the earthquake, the government could not provide shelter for the thousands of homeless people" |
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| Narrower | harbor, harbour | Secretly shelter (as of fugitives or criminals) |
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| house, put up, domiciliate | Provide housing for |
| kennel | put up in a kennel |
| stable | shelter in a stable |
| stall | put into, or keep in, a stall |
| Broader | supply, provide, render, furnish | Give something useful or necessary to |
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| Spanish | abrigar, albergar, amparar, cobijar, esconder, proteger, refugiar |
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| Catalan | abrigar, emparar, protegir, refugiar |
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| Nouns | shelter | a structure that provides privacy and protection from danger |
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| shelter | protective covering that provides protection from the weather |
| shelter | a way of organizing business to reduce the taxes it must pay on current earnings |
| shelter | the condition of being protected |
