Definitions for sheltered

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sheltered shel·tered

Spelling: [shel-terd]

IPA: /ˈʃɛl tərd/

Sheltered is a 9 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 13 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 13 points.

You can make 274 anagrams from letters in sheltered (deeehlrst).

Definitions for sheltered

noun

1. something beneath, behind, or within which a person, animal, or thing is protected from storms, missiles, adverse conditions, etc.; refuge.
2. the protection or refuge afforded by such a thing:
3. protection from blame, incrimination, etc.
4. a dwelling place or home considered as a refuge from the elements:
5. a building serving as a temporary refuge or residence for homeless persons, abandoned animals, etc.
6. Finance. tax shelter.

adjective

1. protected or shielded from storms, missiles, etc., by a wall, roof, barrier, or the like.
2. protected from the troubles, annoyances, sordidness, etc., encountered in competitive situations:
3. (of a business or industry) enjoying noncompetitive conditions, as because of a protective tariff.
4. of or relating to employment or housing, especially for persons with disabilities, in a noncompetitive, supervised environment.

verb (used with object)

1. to be a shelter for; afford shelter to:
2. to provide with a shelter; place under cover.
3. to protect, as by shelter; take under one's protection:
4. Finance. to invest (money) in a tax shelter.

verb (used without object)

1. to take shelter; find a refuge:
2. Finance. to invest money in a tax shelterd.

Origin of sheltered

First recorded in 1585-95; shelter + -ed²

Examples for sheltered

In one story in this collection, a sheltered young boy witnesses the abduction of his neighbor and decides whether to intervene.

The baby would have been sheltered under the mother as the adults formed a protective circle, facing outward.

I did this because my entire life was sheltered in a box, and I needed to figure it out.

Then the day slipped over an unseen height, and fell into a sheltered calm.

The friendly creature who sheltered him trembled like an aspen.

The brain is hidden in darkness, sheltered within a box of bone.

After all, radically purist ideologies need to be sheltered from the vagaries of the world, and they can be expensive to maintain.

Frank tied the boat in a sheltered spot at the foot of the cliff.

In sheltered spots the glass rose as high as 31, and symptoms of a thaw appeared.

Maybe it is the sheltered liberals who are trying to have their Tea Nana and drink it too.