Collocations for "shelters"
Common phrases and expressions where native English speakers use the word "shelters" in context.
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shelter
ⓘMost examples are given in US English. We have labeled exceptions as UK.n
- a [housing, dog, homeless, nuclear, tax] shelter
- a [temporary, permanent, makeshift] shelter
- [take, seek, find, give, provide, offer] shelter
- look for shelter in the [woods, forest, wilderness]
- [build, construct] a shelter (in the woods)
- [eat, volunteer, work, sleep] at the shelter
- found shelter in a nearby [village, farm, town]
- a shelter for the homeless
- shelter from the [rain, hail, weather]
- shelter from the [abuse, conflict, battles]
- [food, clothes, care] and shelter
- shelter [in a cave, under a tree]
- sheltering from the [cold, rain, night, elements, storm]
- shelter during the [storm, rain, downpour]
- the [tree, barn, roof] sheltered us from the [storm]
- shelter someone (under your roof)
- shelter the [homeless, poor]
- shelter and [protect, support, feed]
- shelter your child from [the real world, sex, poverty]
- parents sheltered her [too much, from the truth]
- cannot shelter your children from [everything, all, life]
'shelters' also found in these entries (note: many are not synonyms or translations):