homeless shelter
A building set up to provide for the needs of homeless peopleA building set up to provide for the needs of homeless people; often including shelter, food, sanitation and other forms of support.
» I volunteer at a homeless shelter.
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2 sensesA building set up to provide for the needs of homeless people; often including shelter, food, sanitation and other forms of support.
Obdachlosenheim
прию́т для бездо́мныхprijút dlja bezdómnyx
A sanctuary for the temporary housing of domesticated animals without a home.
прию́т для живо́тныхprijút dlja živótnyx
Examples
21 sentencesI volunteer at a homeless shelter.
Tom has been at a homeless shelter.
Tom is staying at a homeless shelter.
deTom ist in einem Obdachlosenheim untergebracht. — pullnosemans
Tom is staying in a homeless shelter.
Tom has been staying at a homeless shelter.
Translations
5 languagesBy meaning 2
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Forms
plural: homeless shelters| Singular | homeless shelter |
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See also
neighbours in the dictionaryDictionary text adapted from Wiktionary (Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Open English WordNet / Princeton WordNet (CC BY 4.0, WordNet License); shared under CC BY-SA 4.0. Example sentences and recordings are credited where they appear.