temporary shelter

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• JEWS' TEMPORARY SHELTER — JEWS TEMPORARY SHELTER, charitable institution in London. In 1885 Simon Cohen, a baker, opened a refuge for East European immigrants who had been arriving in England in large numbers since 1881. It was maintained by Cohen himself and by other… …   Encyclopedia of Judaism

• Shelter-half — also refers to the name of a Vietnam era GI resistance coffeehouse. See The Shelter Half. In UK and Australia, a shelter half, also known as a dog tent or pup tent , is a simple kind of tent designed to provide temporary shelter and/or… …   Wikipedia

• shelter — I UK [ˈʃeltə(r)] / US [ˈʃeltər] noun Word forms shelter : singular shelter plural shelters ** 1) a) [countable] a place where people are protected from bad weather or from danger We built a temporary shelter out of branches. a bus shelter a bomb… …   English dictionary

• shelter — shel|ter1 [ ʃeltər ] noun ** 1. ) count a place where people are protected from bad weather or from danger: We built a temporary shelter out of branches. a bomb shelter a ) uncount a place or situation in which you are protected from bad weather… …   Usage of the words and phrases in modern English

• shelter — [ˈʃeltə] noun I 1) [C] a place where people are protected from bad weather or from danger We built a temporary shelter out of branches.[/ex] a bus shelter[/ex] a bomb shelter[/ex] 2) [U] protection from bad weather or danger People stood and… …   Dictionary for writing and speaking English

• shelter — [shel′tər] n. [prob. < ME scheltroun, earlier scheltrum < OE sceldtruma, lit., shield troop, body of men protected by interlocked shields < scield (see SHIELD) + truma, an array, troop; akin to trum, strong: (see TRIM)] 1. something that …   English World dictionary

• shelter — noun 1 protection from danger/bad weather VERB + SHELTER ▪ afford (sb), give (sb), offer (sb), provide (sb with) ▪ The great trees gave shelter from the wind. ▪ need ▪ …   Collocations dictionary

• shelter — {{11}}shelter (n.) 1580s, structure affording protection, possibly an alteration of M.E. sheltron, sheldtrume roof or wall formed by locked shields, from O.E. scyldtruma, from scield shield (see SHIELD (Cf. shield) (n.)) + truma troop, related to …   Etymology dictionary

• shelter — shelterer, n. shelteringly, adv. shelterless, adj. shelterlessness, n. /shel teuhr/, n. 1. something beneath, behind, or within which a person, animal, or thing is protected from storms, missiles, adverse conditions, etc.; refuge. 2. the… …   Universalium

• shelter — shel•ter [[t]ˈʃɛl tər[/t]] n. 1) something beneath, behind, or within which one is covered or protected, as from storms or danger; refuge 2) the protection or refuge afforded by such a thing: We took shelter in a nearby barn[/ex] 3) cvb a… …   From formal English to slang

• temporary — adj. VERBS ▪ be ▪ The arrangement s only temporary. ADVERB ▪ very ▪ strictly ▪ merely …   Collocations dictionary