shelter
shel
ˈʃɛl
shel
ter
tɜr
tēr
/ʃˈɛltɐ/

āχāĻ‚āϰ⧇āϜāĻŋāϤ⧇ "shelter"āĻāϰ āϏāĻ‚āĻœā§āĻžāĻž āĻ“ āĻ…āĻ°ā§āĻĨ

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āφāĻļā§āϰāϝāĻŧ āĻĻ⧇āĻ“āϝāĻŧāĻž, āϏ⧁āϰāĻ•ā§āώāĻž āĻĒā§āϰāĻĻāĻžāύ āĻ•āϰāĻž

to provide a safe and protective place for someone or something
Transitive: to shelter sb
to shelter definition and meaning
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
A sturdy roof can shelter you from the rain.
āĻāĻ•āϟāĻŋ āĻŽāϜāĻŦ⧁āϤ āĻ›āĻžāĻĻ āφāĻĒāύāĻžāϕ⧇ āĻŦ⧃āĻˇā§āϟāĻŋ āĻĨ⧇āϕ⧇ āφāĻļā§āϰāϝāĻŧ āĻĻāĻŋāϤ⧇ āĻĒāĻžāϰ⧇āĨ¤
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āϏ⧁āϰāĻ•ā§āώāĻž āĻ•āϰāĻž, āφāĻļā§āϰāϝāĻŧ āĻĻ⧇āĻ“āϝāĻŧāĻž

to legally shield or protect income from taxes through specific financial strategies or exemptions
Transitive: to shelter income
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
He sheltered his savings in an offshore account to reduce his taxable income.
āϤāĻŋāύāĻŋ āϤāĻžāϰ āĻ•āϰāϝ⧋āĻ—ā§āϝ āφāϝāĻŧ āĻ•āĻŽāĻžāϤ⧇ āĻāĻ•āϟāĻŋ āĻ…āĻĢāĻļā§‹āϰ āĻ…ā§āϝāĻžāĻ•āĻžāωāĻ¨ā§āĻŸā§‡ āϤāĻžāϰ āϏāĻžā§āϚāϝāĻŧ āφāĻļā§āϰāϝāĻŧ āĻĻāĻŋāϝāĻŧ⧇āϛ⧇āύāĨ¤
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āφāĻļā§āϰāϝāĻŧ āύ⧇āĻ“āϝāĻŧāĻž, āϏ⧁āϰāĻ•ā§āώāĻž āϚāĻžāĻ“āϝāĻŧāĻž

to seek protection or safety from harm or danger
Intransitive
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
Refugees were forced to shelter in temporary camps to avoid the ongoing conflict.
āϚāϞāĻŽāĻžāύ āϏāĻ‚āϘāĻžāϤ āĻāĻĄāĻŧāĻžāϤ⧇ āĻļāϰāĻŖāĻžāĻ°ā§āĻĨā§€āĻĻ⧇āϰ āĻ…āĻ¸ā§āĻĨāĻžāϝāĻŧā§€ āĻļāĻŋāĻŦāĻŋāϰ⧇ āφāĻļā§āϰāϝāĻŧ āύāĻŋāϤ⧇ āĻŦāĻžāĻ§ā§āϝ āĻ•āϰāĻž āĻšāϝāĻŧ⧇āĻ›āĻŋāϞāĨ¤
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āφāĻļā§āϰāϝāĻŧ, āĻļāϰāĻŖāĻžāĻ°ā§āĻĨā§€ āĻļāĻŋāĻŦāĻŋāϰ

a place in which very poor people are provided with food and housing
shelter definition and meaning
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
He found refuge in a shelter during the harsh winter.
āϤāĻŋāύāĻŋ āĻ•āĻ ā§‹āϰ āĻļā§€āϤāĻ•āĻžāϞ⧇ āĻāĻ•āϟāĻŋ āφāĻļā§āϰāϝāĻŧāĻ¸ā§āĻĨāϞ-āĻ āφāĻļā§āϰāϝāĻŧ āĻĒ⧇āϝāĻŧ⧇āĻ›āĻŋāϞ⧇āύāĨ¤
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a structure offering protection and privacy from danger

āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
The cave served as a natural shelter.
03

a protective covering or structure that shields from the weather

āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
A shelter prevented snow from accumulating on the equipment.
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a legal or financial arrangement that reduces the taxes a business must pay on current earnings

āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
He invested in a shelter to lower his taxable income.
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the state of being safe

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