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Definition of shelter : 1. One who protects; a guardian; a defender.
2. That which covers or defends from injury or annoyance; a protection; a screen.
3. The state of being covered and protected; protection; security.
4. To be a shelter for; to provide with a shelter; to cover from injury or annoyance; to shield; to protect.
5. To betake to cover, or to a safe place; - used reflexively.
6. To screen or cover from notice; to disguise.
7. To take shelter.

Synonyms:

domicile, exercise, sanctum, cherish, beat off, housing, fight your corner, deflect, trade protection, bomb shelter, lodging, nurse, fight off, watch over, domesticate, stand up for, pillbox, nurture, hospice, harborage, cheer, in-law apartment, auspices, home, protective covering, Nissen hut, active adult community, group home, home unit, hold off, cat litter, answer to, kennel, comfort, call off, cling to, lean-to, guardhouse, tribute, Kitty litter, hiding place, tax shelter, fallout shelter, keep (a) watch, litter, humpy, affordable housing, blockhouse, council house, treasure, heel, foster, hold dear, bunker, fend off, value, cover yourself, cache, bolt-hole, hideaway, stand up to, cohousing, handler, aegis, encourage, doublewide, hospital, parry, gated community, protective cover, attack, drive off, entertain, nourish

defend, reply, buffer, support, counterattack, police, avert, respond, barricade, ward, answer, oppose, backfire, bar, sustain, save, fend, uphold, rebut, return, guard, safeguard, protect, argue, cover, counter, screen, secure, retort, resist, shield

maintain, conserve, preserve

hideout, retreat, safety, dugout, protector, tent, shack, foxhole, covert, roof, shed, guardian, house, asylum, haven, shade, sanctuary, shadow, refuge, hut

armor, response, defense, security, wall, argument, aversion, protection, resistance, stronghold, moat, fortress, rebuttal, barrier, countermeasure, harbor

Usage examples:

• Now, if I had not sought shelter in Little Sweep's pocket, I would never have given her three wishes, and she would never have become the Princess Cendre, but would have married you upon her wedding day." - "The Green Forest Fairy Book", Loretta Ellen Brady.
• Rick pulled Tony back to the shelter of the truck. - "The Golden Skull", John Blaine.
• You must away to shelter. - "The Panchronicon", Harold Steele Mackaye.