English hyphenation

Hyphenation of “shelter”

The standard US-English hyphenation shown for shelter is shel-ter, with 1 possible break point in this result.

US English hyphenation
shel-ter
2 segments1 break points
British English pattern result shel-ter The GB pattern set returns the same result for this word.
Wordshelter
Hyphenationshel-ter
Break points1
Part of speechnoun · verb
Pronunciationˈʃɛltə
Meaning & usage

What does “shelter” mean?

shelter: a place giving temporary protection from bad weather or danger.

Headwordshelter
Part of speechnoun · verb
Pronunciationˈʃɛltə
1
noun

a place giving temporary protection from bad weather or danger.

Example: “huts like this are used as a shelter during the winter”

2
noun

a shielded or safe condition; protection.

Example: “he hung back in the shelter of a rock”

Antonyms:
3
verb

protect or shield from something harmful, especially bad weather.

Example: “the hut sheltered him from the cold wind”

Word breaks

How “shelter” is split

shel·ter

For US English, the hyphenation result is shel-ter. This gives 1 possible line-break point in the returned pattern. The British-English pattern set returns the same split.

Quick answers

Questions about “shelter”

How do you hyphenate “shelter”?

In the US-English result used here, shelter is hyphenated as shel-ter.

Where can “shelter” break at the end of a line?

The returned US pattern contains 1 possible break point.

What does “shelter” mean?

a place giving temporary protection from bad weather or danger.

Can you use “shelter” in a sentence?

“huts like this are used as a shelter during the winter”

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