how to pronounce shelter

/ˈʃɛltɚ/

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shelter is pronounced in two syllables

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ʃɛltɚ

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An example use of shelter in a speech by a native speaker of american english:

“… and you know the shortage of shelter we …”

meaning of shelter

Shelter is a place of safety from the weather or from danger.

shelter frequency in english - B2 level of CEFR

the word shelter occurs in english on average 18.9 times per one million words; this frequency warrants it to be in the study list for B2 level of language mastery according to CEFR, the Common European Framework of Reference.

words with pronunciation similar to shelter

sheltersshelteredweltershellercatertaterdealtshorterfellerwaiter

words that rhyme with shelter

weltersweltersmelter

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