'shelter' in a sentence
Learn how to use 'shelter' with 12 example sentences.
- shelter noun
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: a structure that provides privacy and protection from danger
: protective covering that provides protection from the weather
: the condition of being protected
: a way of organizing business to reduce the taxes it must pay on current earnings
: temporary housing for homeless or displaced persons
- shelter verb
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: provide shelter for
: invest (money) so that it is not taxable
I took shelter under a tree.
These flowers should be sheltered from the rain.
He brought food to his guest and provided him shelter.
Children depend on their parents for food, clothing and shelter.
I can offer you food and shelter.
Trees shelter my house from the wind.
I volunteer at a homeless shelter.
There are a few nuclear bomb shelters in the city.
Cellphones do not work in the air-raid shelter.
Someone broke all the bus shelter windows.
The refugees took shelter in a Red Cross refugee camp.
The homeless sought shelter from the chilly shower.