Shelter

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Shelter can refer to several things:

A place in which people live to provide shelter from the elements; a house.
A place of refuge, such as a women's shelter for abused women or a homeless shelter for vagrants.
A shortened name for an animal shelter, which usually houses stray pets.
Something which to stand under when waiting for a bus or having a cigarette .
Shelter (charity) is a British charity campaigning to end homelessness and bad housing.
Shelter (band) is a hardcore Hare Krishna band.

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