shelter

/ʃˈɛltɚ/ · 2 syllables

Meaning

noun

1. a structure that provides privacy and protection from danger
2. protective covering that provides protection from the weather
3. the condition of being protected
   “they were huddled together for protection”
4. a way of organizing business to reduce the taxes it must pay on current earnings
5. temporary housing for homeless or displaced persons

verb

1. provide shelter for
   “After the earthquake, the government could not provide shelter for the thousands of homeless people”
2. invest (money) so that it is not taxable

Synonyms for shelter

• protection
• tax shelter

Words that rhyme with shelter

• welter
• swelter
• kelter
• smelter
• ashenfelter
• belter
• clodfelter
• clotfelter
• felter
• frownfelter
• gladfelter
• helter
• linafelter
• schmelter
• skelter
• stelter
• veltre