Shelter

//ˈʃɛltɚ//

Synonyms for "shelter" (152 found)

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Noun(2 words)
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Strong matches (45)

Related words (76)

Verb(1 words)
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Synonyms

3 entries

Related terms

4 entries

at location

3 entries

capable of

1 entries

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42 entries

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etymologically related_to

2 entries

is a

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manner of

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related to

13 entries

Translations

261 translations across 77 languages.

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Albanian

1 entries
  • strehë noun (a refuge or other protection)

Ancient Greek

1 entries
  • σκέπη noun (a refuge or other protection)

Arabic

2 entries
  • مَخْلَص noun (a refuge or other protection)
  • مَلَاذ noun (a refuge or other protection)

Armenian

2 entries
  • ապաստան noun (a refuge or other protection)
  • ապաստարան noun (institution)

Azerbaijani

4 entries
  • daldalanacaq noun (a refuge or other protection)
  • pənah noun (a refuge or other protection)
  • sığıncaq noun (a refuge or other protection)
  • daldalamaq verb (transitive, to provide cover)

Basque

1 entries
  • aterpe noun (a refuge or other protection)

Belarusian

4 entries
  • прыста́нак noun (a refuge or other protection)
  • прыста́нішча noun (a refuge or other protection)
  • прыту́лак noun (a refuge or other protection)
  • укры́цце noun (a refuge or other protection)

Bengali

2 entries
  • আশ্রয় noun (a refuge or other protection)
  • পানা noun (a refuge or other protection)

Bulgarian

4 entries
  • прию́т noun (institution)
  • убе́жище noun (a refuge or other protection)
  • подслоня́ verb (transitive, to provide cover)
  • подслоня́ се verb (intransitive, to take cover)

Burmese

1 entries
  • အရိပ်အာဝါသ noun (a refuge or other protection)

Catalan

4 entries
  • aixopluc noun (a refuge or other protection)
  • recer noun (a refuge or other protection)
  • aixoplugar verb (transitive, to provide cover)
  • aixoplugar-se verb (intransitive, to take cover)

Chinese Mandarin

4 entries
  • 住處 /住处 noun (a refuge or other protection)
  • 庇護 /庇护 noun (a refuge or other protection)
  • 掩蔽 noun (a refuge or other protection)
  • 棲身之地 /栖身之地 noun (a refuge or other protection)

Czech

1 entries
  • útočiště noun (a refuge or other protection)

Danish

1 entries
  • ly noun (a refuge or other protection)

Dutch

4 entries
  • hokje noun (a refuge or other protection)
  • onderdak noun (a refuge or other protection)
  • opvang noun (institution)
  • schuilplaats noun (a refuge or other protection)

Egyptian

2 entries
  • k-A-p:V19 noun (a refuge or other protection)
  • n-i-A-i-S36 noun (a refuge or other protection)

Esperanto

2 entries
  • ŝirmo noun (a refuge or other protection)
  • ŝirmi verb (transitive, to provide cover)

Estonian

2 entries
  • peavari noun (a refuge or other protection)
  • peavari noun (institution)

Finnish

4 entries
  • suoja noun (a refuge or other protection)
  • suojapaikka noun (a refuge or other protection)
  • turvapaikka noun (a refuge or other protection)
  • yömaja noun (institution)

French

4 entries
  • abri noun (a refuge or other protection)
  • refuge noun (a refuge or other protection)
  • refuge noun (institution)
  • abriter verb (transitive, to provide cover)

Georgian

4 entries
  • თავშესაფარი noun (a refuge or other protection)
  • ნავსაყუდელი noun (a refuge or other protection)
  • სავანე noun (a refuge or other protection)
  • შეფარება verb (transitive, to provide cover)

German

4 entries
  • Obdach noun (a refuge or other protection)
  • Schutzraum noun (a refuge or other protection)
  • Zuflucht noun (a refuge or other protection)
  • Zufluchtsort noun (a refuge or other protection)

Greek

4 entries
  • άσυλο noun (institution)
  • καταφύγιο noun (a refuge or other protection)
  • στέγη noun (institution)
  • προστατεύω verb (transitive, to provide cover)

Hebrew

2 entries
  • מִקְלָט noun (a refuge or other protection)
  • מַחֲסֶה noun (a refuge or other protection)

Hindi

4 entries
  • पनाह noun (a refuge or other protection)
  • पनाहगाह noun (a refuge or other protection)
  • शरण noun (a refuge or other protection)
  • शरणालय noun (a refuge or other protection)

Hungarian

4 entries
  • búvóhely noun (a refuge or other protection)
  • fedett váró/megálló noun (a refuge or other protection)
  • hajléktalanszálló noun (institution)
  • menedék noun (a refuge or other protection)

Icelandic

2 entries
  • athvarf noun (a refuge or other protection)
  • skjól noun (a refuge or other protection)

Indonesian

3 entries
  • penampungan noun (a refuge or other protection)
  • penaungan noun (a refuge or other protection)
  • tempat perlindungan noun (a refuge or other protection)

Ingrian

3 entries
  • varjo noun (a refuge or other protection)
  • varjostaa verb (transitive, to provide cover)
  • varjota verb (transitive, to provide cover)

Irish

3 entries
  • dídean noun (institution)
  • foscadh noun (a refuge or other protection)
  • fothain noun (a refuge or other protection)

Italian

4 entries
  • rifugio noun (a refuge or other protection)
  • riparo noun (a refuge or other protection)
  • dare rifugio verb (transitive, to provide cover)
  • rifugiarsi verb (intransitive, to take cover)

Japanese

1 entries
  • 避難所 noun (a refuge or other protection)

Kabuverdianu

1 entries
  • gazadju noun (a refuge or other protection)

Kazakh

2 entries
  • баспана noun (a refuge or other protection)
  • пана noun (a refuge or other protection)

Khmer

1 entries
  • ជំរក noun (a refuge or other protection)

Korean

3 entries
  • 피난처 noun (a refuge or other protection)
  • 감싸다 verb (transitive, to provide cover)
  • 피하다 verb (intransitive, to take cover)

Kyrgyz

1 entries
  • башкалка noun (a refuge or other protection)

Ladin

2 entries
  • sosta noun (a refuge or other protection)
  • ji a sosta verb (intransitive, to take cover)

Lao

4 entries
  • ທັບ noun (a refuge or other protection)
  • ນິດໃສ noun (a refuge or other protection)
  • ສາທະນະ noun (a refuge or other protection)
  • ສ້ອງ noun (a refuge or other protection)

Latin

3 entries
  • suffugium noun (a refuge or other protection)
  • tegmen noun (a refuge or other protection)
  • tūtum noun (a refuge or other protection)

Latvian

4 entries
  • pajumte noun (a refuge or other protection)
  • pajumte noun (institution)
  • patversme noun (a refuge or other protection)
  • patversme noun (institution)

Lithuanian

2 entries
  • pastogė noun (a refuge or other protection)
  • pastogė noun (institution)

Luxembourgish

1 entries
  • Ënnerdaach noun (a refuge or other protection)

Macedonian

2 entries
  • засолниште noun (a refuge or other protection)
  • прифатилиште noun (institution)

Malay

1 entries
  • tempat perlindungan noun (a refuge or other protection)

Malayalam

3 entries
  • അഭയമന്ദിരം noun (institution)
  • അഭയസ്ഥാനം noun (a refuge or other protection)
  • ഷെൽറ്റർ noun (a refuge or other protection)

Middle English

1 entries
  • warysshen verb (transitive, to provide cover)

Māori

4 entries
  • māhauhau noun (a refuge or other protection)
  • pātūtū noun (a refuge or other protection)
  • tāwharau noun (a refuge or other protection)
  • tūrutu noun (a refuge or other protection)

Nepali

2 entries
  • आवास noun (a refuge or other protection)
  • शरण noun (a refuge or other protection)

Norwegian Bokmål

1 entries
  • ly noun (a refuge or other protection)

Old Church Slavonic

1 entries
  • щоуждекръмьница noun (a refuge or other protection)

Old Czech

1 entries
  • brh noun (a refuge or other protection)

Ottoman Turkish

1 entries
  • التجا noun (a refuge or other protection)

Persian

3 entries
  • مَخْلَص noun (a refuge or other protection)
  • پَناه noun (a refuge or other protection)
  • پَناهْگاه noun (a refuge or other protection)

Plautdietsch

1 entries
  • Schulinj noun (a refuge or other protection)

Polish

3 entries
  • przytułek noun (a refuge or other protection)
  • schronienie noun (a refuge or other protection)
  • schronisko noun (a refuge or other protection)

Portuguese

4 entries
  • abrigo noun (a refuge or other protection)
  • abrigo noun (institution)
  • amparo noun (a refuge or other protection)
  • asilo noun (a refuge or other protection)

Romanian

1 entries
  • adăpost noun (a refuge or other protection)

Russian

4 entries
  • ночле́жка noun (institution)
  • прибе́жище noun (a refuge or other protection)
  • приста́нище noun (a refuge or other protection)
  • прию́т noun (a refuge or other protection)

Sanskrit

1 entries
  • शरण noun (a refuge or other protection)

Scottish Gaelic

2 entries
  • dìon noun (a refuge or other protection)
  • dìon verb (transitive, to provide cover)

Serbo-Croatian

2 entries
  • ùtočīšte noun (a refuge or other protection)
  • у̀точӣште noun (a refuge or other protection)

Slovak

1 entries
  • útočisko noun (a refuge or other protection)

Slovene

1 entries
  • zaklonišče noun (a refuge or other protection)

Spanish

4 entries
  • abrigadero noun (a refuge or other protection)
  • abrigaño noun (a refuge or other protection)
  • abrigo noun (a refuge or other protection)
  • amparo noun (a refuge or other protection)

Swedish

2 entries
  • skydd noun (a refuge or other protection)
  • skydda verb (transitive, to provide cover)

Tajik

3 entries
  • гурезгоҳ noun (a refuge or other protection)
  • панох noun (a refuge or other protection)
  • паноҳгоҳ noun (a refuge or other protection)

Thai

4 entries
  • ที่พักอาศัย noun (a refuge or other protection)
  • ที่หลบภัย noun (a refuge or other protection)
  • ร่มไม้ชายคา noun (a refuge or other protection)
  • อาวรณ์ noun (a refuge or other protection)

Turkish

3 entries
  • barınak noun (a refuge or other protection)
  • sığınak noun (a refuge or other protection)
  • sığındırmak verb (transitive, to provide cover)

Ukrainian

2 entries
  • приту́лок noun (a refuge or other protection)
  • укриття́ noun (a refuge or other protection)

Urdu

4 entries
  • شَرَن noun (a refuge or other protection)
  • پَناہ noun (a refuge or other protection)
  • پَناہ گاہ noun (a refuge or other protection)
  • پناہ دینا verb (transitive, to provide cover)

Uyghur

2 entries
  • پاناھ noun (a refuge or other protection)
  • پاناھگاھ noun (a refuge or other protection)

Uzbek

3 entries
  • boshpana noun (a refuge or other protection)
  • panoh noun (a refuge or other protection)
  • panohgoh noun (a refuge or other protection)

Vietnamese

4 entries
  • chỗ che noun (a refuge or other protection)
  • chỗ núp noun (a refuge or other protection)
  • chỗ ẩn noun (a refuge or other protection)
  • bảo vệ verb (transitive, to provide cover)

Welsh

2 entries
  • cysgod noun (a refuge or other protection)
  • lloches noun (a refuge or other protection)

Zazaki

2 entries
  • komek noun (a refuge or other protection)
  • serte (diq) noun (a refuge or other protection)

ǃXóõ

1 entries
  • ǀgâa verb (intransitive, to take cover)

Sample sentences

27 total sentences available.

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When you take shelter, make sure you go under a big tree.

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The homeless sought shelter from a shower.

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The homeless sought shelter from the chilly shower.

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I took shelter under my friend's umbrella.

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