Shelter

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• Shelter — refers to a, typically basic structure or building that covers or provides protection, including the following:;Protection from the weather*Dugout (shelter), a primitive house made by digging a hole in the ground *Public transport stops, such as …   Wikipedia

• Shelter — Жанр хардкор панк, поп панк Годы 1991 настоящее время Страна …   Википедия

• Shelter — steht für: Hardened Aircraft Shelter, Flugzeugunterstand für Kampfflugzeuge Shelter Island, Stadt in Suffolk, USA Dry Deck Shelter, U Boot Modul, erlaubt Tauchern das einfache Betreten und Verlassen eines getauchten U Bootes Shelter (Band),… …   Deutsch Wikipedia

• shelter — Ⅰ. shelter UK US /ˈʃeltər/ verb [T] TAX ► US if you shelter income, you find a legal way to avoid paying tax on it: »shelter savings/assets shelter sth from sb/sth »The company needs to act now to shelter its assets from the taxman. Ⅱ. shelter UK …   Financial and business terms

• shelter — n Shelter, cover, retreat, refuge, asylum, sanctuary can mean the state or a place in which one is safe or secure from whatever threatens or disturbs. Shelter usually implies the protection of something that temporarily covers (as a shield or a… …   New Dictionary of Synonyms

• Shelter — Shel ter, n. [Cf. OE. scheltrun, shiltroun, schelltrome, scheldtrome, a guard, squadron, AS. scildtruma a troop of men with shields; scild shield + truma a band of men. See {Shield}, n.] 1. That which covers or defends from injury or annoyance; a …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

• shelter — I (protection) noun aid, asylum, care, cover, covering, coverture, defense, habitation, harbor, haven, home, house, lodging, place of refuge, preservation, receptaculum, refuge, retreat, roof, safety, sanctuary, screen, security, shield,… …   Law dictionary

• Shelter — Shel ter, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Sheltered}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Sheltering}.] 1. To be a shelter for; to provide with a shelter; to cover from injury or annoyance; to shield; to protect. [1913 Webster] Those ruins sheltered once his sacred head.… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

• shelter — [shel′tər] n. [prob. < ME scheltroun, earlier scheltrum < OE sceldtruma, lit., shield troop, body of men protected by interlocked shields < scield (see SHIELD) + truma, an array, troop; akin to trum, strong: (see TRIM)] 1. something that …   English World dictionary

• Shelter — Shel ter, v. i. To take shelter. [1913 Webster] There oft the Indian herdsman, shunning heat, Shelters in cool. Milton. [1913 Webster] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English