Word Meanings - SHELTER - Book Publishers vocabulary database

scheldtrome, a guard, squadron, AS. scildtruma a troop of men with 1. That which covers or defends from injury or annoyance; a protection; a screen. The sick and weak the healing plant shall aid, From storms a shelter, and from heat a shade. Pope.

Additional info about word: SHELTER

scheldtrome, a guard, squadron, AS. scildtruma a troop of men with 1. That which covers or defends from injury or annoyance; a protection; a screen. The sick and weak the healing plant shall aid, From storms a shelter, and from heat a shade. Pope. 2. One who protects; a guardian; a defender. Thou hast been a shelter for me. Ps. lxi. 3. 3. The state of being covered and protected; protection; security. Who into shelter takes their tender bloom. Young. Shelter tent,a small tent made of pieces of cotton duck arranged to button together. In field service the soldiers carry the pieces. Syn. -- Asylum; refuge; retreat; covert; sanctuary; protection; defense; security.

Possible synonyms: (Same meaning words of SHELTER)

• Cover Hide
• conceal
• cloak
• screen
• secrete
• protect
• meet
• secure
• overspread
• clothe
• shield
• shelter
• cover
• Defense
• Resistance
• protection
• vindication
• plea
• justification
• excuse
• rampart
• bulwark
• apology
• guard
• Harbor
• Haven
• rest
• refuge
• anchorage
• home
• asylum
• port
• Harbor Cherish
• accommodate
• entertain
• encourage
• indulge
• foster
• lodge
• Refuge
• Protection
• harbor
• retreat
• covert
• hospitality
• sanctuary
• hiding-place

Possible antonyms: (opposite words of SHELTER)

• Expose
• reveal
• betray
• exhibit
• produce
• mis-suffice
• Eject
• expel
• discard
• discourage
• stifle
• exclude
• banish
• dismiss
• Open
• expose
• surrender
• aggravate
• exaggerate
• prosecute
• Loosen
• imperil
• endanger
• open
• liberate
• free

Related words: (words related to SHELTER)

• DISMISSIVE
  Giving dismission.
• HAVENED
  Sheltered in a haven. Blissful havened both from joy and pain. Keats.
• EXCUSEMENT
  Excuse. Gower.
• GUARDIAN
  One who has, or is entitled to, the custody of the person or property of an infant, a minor without living parents, or a person incapable of managing his own affairs. Of the several species of guardians, the first are guardians by nature. -- viz.,
• STIFLED
  Stifling. The close and stifled study. Hawthorne.
• EJECTOR
  A jet jump for lifting water or withdrawing air from a space. Ejector condenser , a condenser in which the vacuum is maintained by a jet pump. (more info) 1. One who, or that which, ejects or dispossesses.
• GUARDIANSHIP
  The office, duty, or care, of a guardian; protection; care; watch.
• APOLOGY
  1. Something said or written in defense or justification of what appears to others wrong, or of what may be liable to disapprobation; justification; as, Tertullian's Apology for Christianity. It is not my intention to make an apology for my poem;
• EXHIBITION
  The act of administering a remedy. (more info) 1. The act of exhibiting for inspection, or of holding forth to view; manifestation; display. 2. That which is exhibited, held forth, or displayed; also, any public show; a display of works of art,
• HAVENER
  A harbor master.
• SHIELD-BEARER
  Any small moth of the genus Aspidisca, whose larva makes a shieldlike covering for itself out of bits of leaves. (more info) 1. One who, or that which, carries a shield.
• SCREENINGS
  The refuse left after screening sand, coal, ashes, etc.
• COVER-POINT
  The fielder in the games of cricket and lacrosse who supports "point."
• EXHIBITIONER
  One who has a pension or allowance granted for support. A youth who had as an exhibitioner from Christ's Hospital. G. Eliot.
• DISMISSAL
  Dismission; discharge. Officeholders were commanded faithfully to enforce it, upon pain of immediate dismissal. Motley.
• RAMPART
  A broad embankment of earth round a place, upon which the parapet is raised. It forms the substratum of every permanent fortification. Mahan. Syn. -- Bulwark; fence; security; guard. -- Rampart, Bulwark. These words were formerly interchanged; but
• EXPOSER
  One who exposes or discloses.
• GUARDIANESS
  A female guardian. I have placed a trusty, watchful guardianess. Beau. & Fl.
• CHERISHMENT
  Encouragement; comfort. Rich bounty and dear cherishment. Spenser.
• SHELTERLESS
  Destitute of shelter or protection. Now sad and shelterless perhaps she lies. Rowe.
• DEJECTION
  1. A casting down; depression. Hallywell. 2. The act of humbling or abasing one's self. Adoration implies submission and dejection. Bp. Pearson. 3. Lowness of spirits occasioned by grief or misfortune; mental depression; melancholy. What besides,
• UNRESISTANCE
  Nonresistance; passive submission; irresistance. Bp. Hall.
• DEJECTORY
  1. Having power, or tending, to cast down. 2. Promoting evacuations by stool. Ferrand.
• RECOVER
  To cover again. Sir W. Scott.
• BEDCLOTHES
  Blankets, sheets, coverlets, etc., for a bed. Shak.