# shelters

Pronunciation: US say "SHEL-turz" /ˈʃɛltɚz/; UK say "SHEL-tuhz" /ˈʃɛltəz/

## Noun

1. Plural of shelter. — plural of shelter
   - Simple: Plural of shelter. Use this form when talking about more than one safe place.
   - _Volunteers stocked the mountain shelters with firewood and blankets before winter._
   - _Animal shelters across the region reported a sharp rise in adoptions._

## Verb

2. Third-person singular simple present of shelter. — third-person singular simple present indicative of shelter
   - Simple: Third-person singular simple present of shelter. Use it with he, she, or it.
   - _A row of tall pines shelters the cottage from the worst of the gales._
   - _The charity shelters hundreds of stray dogs through the coldest months._

Source: DictionaryAI, https://dictionaryai.com/define/shelters (written from Wiktionary data, CC BY-SA 4.0: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/).