different between dwelling vs shelter
dwelling
English
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?dw?.l??/
- Rhymes: -?l??
Etymology 1
From Middle English dwelling, duelling (“delay, continuance, abode”). More at dwell.
Noun
dwelling (plural dwellings)
- A house or place in which a person lives; a habitation, a home.
- Synonyms: see Thesaurus:abode
Derived terms
- dwellinghouse, dwelling house
- dwelling-place
- lake dwelling (“prehistoric structure”)
Translations
References
- dwelling in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
Etymology 2
From dwell +? -ing.
Verb
dwelling
- present participle of dwell
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shelter
English
Etymology
From Middle English sheltron, sheldtrume (“roof or wall formed by locked shields”), from Old English s?ildtruma, s?yldtruma (“a phalanx, company (of troops), a tortoise, a covering, shed, shelter”, literally “shield-troop”), from s?yld, s?ield (“shield”) + truma (“a troop of soldiers”). Cognate with Scots schilthrum, schiltrum. More at shield, and Old English trymman (“to strengthen”), from trum (“strong, firm”) at trim.
Pronunciation
- (UK) IPA(key): /???lt?/
- (US) IPA(key): /???lt?/
- Rhymes: -?lt?(r)
Noun
shelter (plural shelters)
- A refuge, haven or other cover or protection from something.
- An institution that provides temporary housing for homeless people, battered women etc.
Derived terms
Translations
Verb
shelter (third-person singular simple present shelters, present participle sheltering, simple past and past participle sheltered)
- (transitive) To provide cover from damage or harassment; to shield; to protect.
- 1663, John Dryden, Epistle to Dr. Charleton
- Those ruins sheltered once his sacred head.
- 1829, Robert Southey, Sir Thomas More; or, Colloquies on the Progress and Prospects of Society
- You have no convents […] in which such persons may be received and sheltered.
- 1663, John Dryden, Epistle to Dr. Charleton
- (intransitive) To take cover.
- During the rainstorm, we sheltered under a tree.
Translations
Anagrams
- Ehlerts, Hertels, Shetler, helters, three Ls
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- what shelter do goats need
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