shelter

Meaning

Noun

1. (countable) Somewhere one can find protection.
2. (countable, usually) Somewhere one can find protection.
3. (countable) Somewhere one can find protection.
4. (countable) Somewhere one can find protection.
5. (countable, often) Somewhere one can find protection.
6. (uncountable) That which provides protection or cover.
7. (abstract, uncountable) The state of being protected or shielded.

Verb

1. (transitive) To provide cover from damage or harassment; to shield; to protect.
2. (intransitive) To take cover.

Synonyms

refuge

protection

protect

cover

shield

🛡️

asylum

screen

haven

hide

sanctuary

harbour

home

🏠

house

🏠

shade

aegis

hut

🛖

safeguard

harbor

defend

give refuge

support

guard

💂

roof

tent

⛺

dwelling

secret place

housing

defense

retreat

place of refuge

shadow

lee

hiding-place

hideout

help

hideaway

quarter

windbreak

preserve

tax shelter

safety

bunker

shed

covering

shack

harborage

conceal

dugout

sconce

shielding

Translations

abri

refugio

rifugio

riparo

refuge

abrigo

Schutz

abriter

καταφύγιο

refúgio

ricovero

abrigar

asilo

asile

beschermen

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ˈʃɛltə/

Etymology

Inherited from Middle English: sheltron

Inherited from Old English: sċildtruma

Cognate with Scots: schilthrum

Cognate with Old English: trymman

In summary

From Middle English sheltron, sheldtrume (“roof or wall formed by locked shields”), from Old English sċildtruma, sċyldtruma (“a phalanx, company (of troops), a tortoise, a covering, shed, shelter”, literally “shield-troop”), from sċyld, sċield (“shield”) + truma (“a troop of soldiers”). Cognate with Scots schilthrum, schiltrum. More at shield, and Old English trymman (“to strengthen”), from trum (“strong, firm”) at trim.
Doublet of sheltron (a kind of military formation), which is the more conservative of the two.

Sentences

Take shelter in this tent , but keep still .

Seeing those masters running for shelter .