shelter
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(verb) provide shelter for |
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Synonyms: bield |
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Related Words: furnish, harbor, harbour, house, kennel, provide, put up, render, stable, stall, supply |
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(noun) a structure that provides privacy and protection from danger |
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Related Words: air-raid shelter, army hut, asylum, bomb shelter, bombproof, collapsible shelter, construction, cookhouse, cyclone cellar, dugout, fallout shelter, field hut, haven, hovel, hut, hutch, igloo, iglu, loft, mantelet, mantlet, oasis, pigeon loft, refuge, sanctuary, shack, shanty, storm cellar, structure, tent, tornado cellar |
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(noun) a covering that provides protection from the weather |
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Related Words: bell cot, bell cote, birdhouse, canopy, columbarium, cote, dovecote, lean-to, protection, protective covering, roost |
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(noun) a way of organizing business to reduce the taxes it must pay |
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Synonyms: tax shelter |
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Related Words: decrease, diminution, reduction, step-down |
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(noun) the condition of being protected; "they were huddled together for protection"; "he enjoyed a sense of peace and protection in his new home" |
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Synonyms: protection |
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Related Words: indemnity, insurance, security |
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