{
    "term": "shelter",
    "partOfSpeech": "noun",
    "ox3000": true,
    "cefr": "b2",
    "definitions": [
        {
            "senseNumber": 1,
            "definition": "the fact of having a place to live or stay, considered as a basic human need",
            "sensetop": "without shelter",
            "cefr": "b2",
            "ox3000": true,
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "Human beings need food, clothing and shelter."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Thousands of people are without shelter following the wildfires.",
                    "contextForm": "without shelter"
                },
                {
                    "text": "The nuns won't refuse you shelter."
                },
                {
                    "text": "They were anxious to find shelter for the night."
                }
            ]
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 2,
            "definition": "protection from rain, danger, or attack",
            "sensetop": "shelter from somethingshelter of something",
            "cefr": "b2",
            "ox3000": true,
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "to **take shelter** from the storm",
                    "contextForm": "shelter from something"
                },
                {
                    "text": "People were desperately seeking shelter from the gunfire."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The sand dunes **provided shelter** from the wind."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The fox was running for the shelter of the trees.",
                    "contextForm": "shelter of something"
                },
                {
                    "text": "She was standing in the shelter of the doorway."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The great elm trees gave shelter from the wind."
                },
                {
                    "text": "We had to leave the shelter of the trees."
                },
                {
                    "text": "He took shelter from the rain under a bridge."
                }
            ],
            "collocations": {
                "verb + shelter": [
                    "afford (somebody)",
                    "give (somebody)",
                    "offer (somebody)"
                ],
                "preposition": [
                    "in the shelter of",
                    "under the shelter of",
                    "shelter from"
                ],
                "phrases": ["shelter for the night"]
            }
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 3,
            "definition": "a structure built to give protection, especially from the weather or from attack",
            "sensetop": "shelter for somebody/something",
            "cefr": "b2",
            "ox3000": true,
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "They built a rough shelter from old pieces of wood."
                },
                {
                    "text": "He helped construct temporary shelters in 10 villages before the rains came."
                },
                {
                    "text": "an air-raid shelter"
                },
                {
                    "text": "a bomb shelter"
                },
                {
                    "text": "Pupils have been sent home and schools have been turned into emergency shelters."
                },
                {
                    "text": "a shelter for cattle",
                    "contextForm": "shelter for somebody/something"
                }
            ],
            "topics": ["Buildings"],
            "collocations": {
                "adjective": ["makeshift", "temporary", "stone"],
                "verb + shelter": ["build", "construct", "erect"],
                "preposition": ["in a/​the shelter", "shelter for"]
            }
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 4,
            "definition": "a building, usually owned by a charity, that provides a place to stay for people without a home, or protection for people or animals who have been badly treated",
            "cefr": "b2",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "a night shelter for homeless people"
                },
                {
                    "text": "an animal shelter"
                },
                {
                    "text": "She works as a volunteer at a homeless shelter."
                },
                {
                    "text": "You'll be safer in the shelter."
                }
            ],
            "topics": ["Houses and homes", "Social issues"],
            "collocations": {
                "adjective": ["makeshift", "temporary", "stone"],
                "verb + shelter": ["build", "construct", "erect"],
                "preposition": ["in a/​the shelter", "shelter for"]
            }
        }
    ],
    "pronunciations": {
        "uk": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/ˈʃeltə(r)/",
                "audio": "sh/shelter/shelter__gb_1.mp3"
            }
        ],
        "us": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/ˈʃeltər/",
                "audio": "sh/shelter/shelter__us_3.mp3"
            }
        ]
    },
    "wordOrigin": "late 16th cent.: perhaps an alteration of sheld, an old spelling of shield, + -ure."
}