Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

shelter-in-place

Word Rarity Uncommon

Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.24 in modern English

Syllables: shel-ter-in--place
IPA

21

Scrabble Score

14

Letters

5

Syllables

11

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A strategy for avoiding danger, such as gun violence, a hurricane, etc., in which individuals remain inside the building they happen to be in at the time of the danger rather than evacuating and seeking refuge elsewhere.

American usage; Uncountable

verb

Alternative form of shelter in place.

Usage

American usage
Uncountable

Inflected Forms

shelters-in-place (present, singular) sheltering-in-place (participle, present) sheltered-in-place (participle, past) sheltered-in-place (past)

Questions

What does shelter-in-place mean?: A strategy for avoiding danger, such as gun violence, a hurricane, etc., in which individuals remain inside the building they happen to be in at the time of the danger rather than evacuating and seeking refuge elsewhere.

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