shelter

1. A structure that provides privacy and protection from danger (synset 104198638)
   is a type of: construction, structure - a thing constructed; a complex entity constructed of many parts
   subtypes:

   • cookhouse - a detached or outdoor shelter for cooking
   • dugout - either of two low shelters on either side of a baseball diamond where the players and coaches sit during the game
   • fallout shelter - a shelter to protect occupants from the fallout from an atomic bomb
   • haven, oasis - a shelter serving as a place of safety or sanctuary
   • hovel, hut, hutch, shack, shanty - small crude shelter used as a dwelling
   • army hut, field hut, hut - temporary military shelter
   • loft, pigeon loft - a raised shelter in which pigeons are kept
   • mantelet, mantlet - portable bulletproof shelter
   • asylum, refuge, sanctuary - a shelter from danger or hardship
   • sconce - a shelter or screen providing protection from enemy fire or from the weather
   • cyclone cellar, storm cellar, tornado cellar - an underground shelter where you can go until a storm passes
   • collapsible shelter, tent - a portable shelter (usually of canvas stretched over supporting poles and fastened to the ground with ropes and pegs)
2. Protective covering that provides protection from the weather (synset 104198986)
   is a type of: protection, protective cover, protective covering - a covering that is intend to protect from damage or injury
   subtypes:

   • bell cot, bell cote - a small shelter for bells; has a gable or shed roof
   • birdhouse - a shelter for birds
   • canopy - a covering (usually of cloth) that serves as a roof to shelter an area from the weather
   • cote - a small shelter for domestic animals (as sheep or pigeons)
   • dog house, doghouse, kennel - outbuilding that serves as a shelter for a dog
   • lean-to - rough shelter whose roof has only one slope
   • roost - a shelter with perches for fowl or other birds
   • sconce - a shelter or screen providing protection from enemy fire or from the weather
   • sentry box - a small shelter with an open front to protect a sentry from the weather
3. The condition of being protected (synset 114563562)
   "they were huddled together for protection"; "he enjoyed a sense of peace and protection in his new home"
   is a type of: security - the state of being free from danger or injury
   subtypes:

   • indemnity, insurance - protection against future loss
   • radioprotection - protection against harmful effects of radiation
   same as: protection
4. A way of organizing business to reduce the taxes it must pay on current earnings (synset 113334755)
   is a type of: decrease, diminution, reduction, step-down - the act of decreasing or reducing something
   same as: tax shelter
5. Temporary housing for homeless or displaced persons (synset 104199281)
   is a type of: housing, living accommodations, lodging - structures collectively in which people are housed
   subtypes: camp, refugee camp - shelter for persons displaced by war or political oppression or for religious beliefs

1. Provide shelter for (synset 202662486)
   "After the earthquake, the government could not provide shelter for the thousands of homeless people"
   is a type of: furnish, provide, render, supply - give something useful or necessary to
   subtypes:

   • domiciliate, house, put up - provide housing for
   • kennel - put up in a kennel
   • stable - shelter in a stable
   • stall - put into, or keep in, a stall
   • harbor, harbour - secretly shelter (as of fugitives or criminals)
2. Invest (money) so that it is not taxable (synset 202276662)
   is a type of: commit, invest, place, put - make an investment

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