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shelter

 
 
/ˈʃeltər/ noun

Definition

PLACE [C] › a place that protects you from bad weather or danger: a bomb shelter
PROTECTION [U] › protection from bad weather or danger: We took shelter from the rain in a doorway.
(Definition of shelter noun from the Cambridge Learner's Dictionary © Cambridge University Press)

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