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A basic structure or building that provides cover.

Contents 1 Shelter as a building 1.1 Protection from the weather 1.2 Places of refuge 1.3 War or catastrophe related 2 Shelter in other meanings 2.1 Groups or organisations 2.2 Transportation 2.3 Music 2.4 Other medias

[edit] Shelter as a building

[edit] Protection from the weather

• Dugout (shelter) — a primitive house made by digging a hole in the ground
• Public transport stops, such as:
  • Bus shelter
  • Tram stop
  • Railway platform
  • Taxi stand
• Rock shelter — a naturally formed shallow cave-like opening at the base of a cliff
• Shack — a type of small house that is in disrepair.
• Shelter half — a military tent used in UK and Australia
• Typhoon shelter — protection for boats from typhoons

[edit] Places of refuge

• Animal shelter for stray pets
• Emergency shelter from natural disasters, etc.
• Homeless shelter for vagrants
• Women's shelter for abused women
• Shelter Centre, an NGO supporting humanitarian shelter

[edit] War or catastrophe related

• Air-raid shelter
• Fallout shelter
• Blast shelter
• Hardened Aircraft Shelter
• Refugee shelter
• Tent city

[edit] Shelter in other meanings

[edit] Groups or organisations

• Shelter (charity), a charity based in England and Scotland that focuses on housing issues
• The Shelter Half — a coffeehouse in Tacoma, United States which became an anti-war headquarters for American ex-servicemen

[edit] Transportation

• Shelter (automobile), a Dutch experimental city car of the 1950s

[edit] Music

Bands and labels

• Shelter (band) (since 1991), a U.S. Krishnacore band
• Shelter Records (1969–1981), a U.S. record label

Albums, chronologically

• Shelter (Lone Justice album), 1986
• Shelter (The Brand New Heavies) (Featuring Siedah Garrett), 1997
• Shelter (compilation), 2002 compilation by various
• Shelter (Rasa album), 2003 album by Rasa
• Shelter (soundtrack), 2008 album from the eponymous 2007 movie

Songs

• "Shelter" (song), 2004 single and song by Bedouin Soundclash on Sounding a Mosaic
• "Gimme Shelter", 1969 song by The Rolling Stones on Let It Bleed

[edit] Other medias

• "The Shelter" (The Twilight Zone), an episode of the television series
• Shelter (1998 film), a 1998 film starring John Allen Nelson
• Shelter (2007 film), a 2007 film starring Trevor Wright
• Shelter (2009 film), a 2009 film starring Julianne Moore
• Shelter (novel), a novel by Susan Palwick published by Tor in 2007
• Shelter (book), a 1973 book by Lloyd Kahn examining human habitats

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