the condition of being kept safe; something that gives safety and protection
protection, habitat
Cases of word usage
1) a covered shelter where goods are sold at a market or a fair (booth)
2) a place of shelter for ships (harbour)
3) a small, roughly made house or shelter (hut)
4) a hut used to shelter a dog (kennel)
5) (a place giving) shelter or protection from trouble, danger etc (refuge)
6) (often movable) upright framework (some made to fold), used to divide a room; anything that is or can be used to give shelter or protection form observation, thee weather etc; a surface on which films, photographs, TV pictures are shown; a frame with fine wire netting to keep out insects (screen)
7) a shelter made of a strong cloth supported by poles and ropes, especially used by campers (tent)
8) a folding frame covered with cloth, used to shelter the person holding it from rain; any protection (umbrella)
9) portable canvas shelter (yurt)