Sheltery

adj

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Definitions

Adjective
  1. 1
    Giving shelter, acting as a shelter.

    "They spend their winters under the warm and sheltery shores of Gibraltar and Barbary."

Example

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"They spend their winters under the warm and sheltery shores of Gibraltar and Barbary."

Etymology

From shelter + -y.

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