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Shelter vs. Foxhole

Difference Between Shelter and Foxhole

Shelter

Something, especially a structure, that provides cover or protection, as from the weather
a shelter for hikers.
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Foxhole

A shallow pit dug by a soldier in combat for immediate refuge against enemy fire.
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Shelter

An institution providing temporary housing and sometimes counseling, as for the homeless, runaways, or victims of domestic violence.
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Foxhole

The burrow in the ground where a fox lives.
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Shelter

An establishment that cares for unwanted or stray animals and tries to find owners for them.
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Foxhole

(military) A small pit dug into the ground as a shelter for protection against enemy fire.
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Shelter

The state of being covered or protected
The fox found shelter in a cave.
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Foxhole

(transitive) To dig a military foxhole into, or convert into a foxhole by digging.
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Shelter

To provide cover or protection for
trees that sheltered the cows.
agents who sheltered the spies.
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Foxhole

(transitive) To drive into a military foxhole.
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Shelter

To invest (income) to protect it from taxation.
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Foxhole

a small pit in the ground for individual shelter against enemy fire.
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Shelter

To take cover; find refuge
We sheltered under the store's awning during the storm.
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Foxhole

a small dugout with a pit for individual shelter against enemy fire
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Shelter

A refuge, haven or other cover or protection from something.
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Shelter

An institution that provides temporary housing for homeless people, battered women, etc.
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Shelter

(transitive) To provide cover from damage or harassment; to shield; to protect.
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Shelter

(intransitive) To take cover.
During the rainstorm, we sheltered under a tree.
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Shelter

That which covers or defends from injury or annoyance; a protection; a screen.
The sick and weak the healing plant shall aid,From storms a shelter, and from heat a shade.
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Shelter

One who protects; a guardian; a defender.
Thou [God] hast been a shelter for me.
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Shelter

The state of being covered and protected; protection; security.
Who into shelter takes their tender bloom.
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Shelter

To be a shelter for; to provide with a shelter; to cover from injury or annoyance; to shield; to protect.
Those ruins sheltered once his sacred head.
You have no convents . . . in which such persons may be received and sheltered.
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Shelter

To screen or cover from notice; to disguise.
In vain I strove to cheek my growing flame,Or shelter passion under friendship's name.
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Shelter

To betake to cover, or to a safe place; - used reflexively.
They sheltered themselves under a rock.
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Shelter

To take shelter.
There oft the Indian herdsman, shunning heat,Shelters in cool.
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Shelter

a structure that provides privacy and protection from danger
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Shelter

protective covering that provides protection from the weather
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Shelter

the condition of being protected;
they were huddled together for protection
he enjoyed a sense of peace and protection in his new home
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Shelter

a way of organizing business to reduce the taxes it must pay on current earnings
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Shelter

temporary housing for homeless or displaced persons
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Shelter

provide shelter for;
After the earthquake, the government could not provide shelter for the thousands of homeless people
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Shelter

invest (money) so that it is not taxable
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