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ensconce
English
Etymology
From en- +? sconce, “to place in a sconce (“fortification”)”.
Pronunciation
- (UK) IPA(key): /?n?sk?ns/
- (US) enPR: ?n-skäns', IPA(key): /?n?sk?ns/
- Rhymes: -?ns, -?ns
Verb
ensconce (third-person singular simple present ensconces, present participle ensconcing, simple past and past participle ensconced)
- (transitive) To place in a secure environment.
- (intransitive) To settle comfortably.
- […] Major was already ensconced on his bed of straw, under a lantern which hung from a beam.
Usage notes
Particularly used in form ensconced, as in “she was ensconced in an armchair.”
Synonyms
- (settle comfortably): cuddle up
Translations
Further reading
- ensconce in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
- ensconce in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.
- Douglas Harper (2001–2021) , “ensconce”, in Online Etymology Dictionary
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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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