Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

homeless shelter

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.95 in modern English

Syllables: home-less shel-ter
IPA

23

Scrabble Score

15

Letters

3

Syllables

8

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A building set up to provide for the needs of homeless people; often including shelter, food, sanitation and other forms of support.

noun

A sanctuary for the temporary housing of domesticated animals without a home.

Subject

Wiktionary places this term in Places.

Inflected Forms

homeless shelters (plural)

Questions

What does homeless shelter mean?: A building set up to provide for the needs of homeless people; often including shelter, food, sanitation and other forms of support.

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