noun
1 protection from danger/bad weather
VERB + SHELTER
▪ afford (sb) , give (sb) , offer (sb) , provide (sb with)
▪
The great trees gave ~ from the wind.
▪ need
▪ find , run for , seek , take
▪ refuse sb
▪
The nuns won't refuse you ~.
▪ leave
▪
We had to leave the ~ of the trees.
PREPOSITION
▪ in the ~ of , under the ~ of
▪
She was standing in the ~ of the doorway.
▪ ~ from
▪
They tried to seek ~ from the rain.
PHRASES
▪ ~ for the night
2 small building that gives protection
ADJECTIVE
▪ makeshift , temporary
▪ stone , underground , wooden
▪ air-raid ( BrE ), bomb , bus , emergency , fallout
▪ animal
▪ homeless
▪
She works as a volunteer at a homeless ~.
▪ tax ( figurative )
▪
These tax ~s allow people to invest in shares without paying tax.
VERB + SHELTER
▪ build , construct , erect , make , put up
▪
The earthquake victims were forced to build temporary ~s.
PREPOSITION
▪ in a/the ~
▪
You'll be safer in the ~.
▪ ~ for
▪
a ~ for cattle