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shelterage

shelterage noun: shelter; a place where things can be sheltered.

Noun

shelterage (countable and uncountable, plural shelterages)

  1. Shelter; a place where things can be sheltered.
    • It is true, his household goods were now removed to more auspicious shelterage; the cherry-tree chair stood beside a chimney with a marble ledge; […]1836, Tait's Edinburgh Magazine, volume 3, page 447

Forms of shelterage

pluralshelterages

Origin of shelterage

From shelter + -age.

Questions about shelterage

What does shelterage mean?
Shelterage means shelter; a place where things can be sheltered.
What part of speech is shelterage?
Shelterage is a noun.
What is the plural of shelterage?
The plural of shelterage is shelterages.

Words near shelterage in the dictionary

  1. shelter tents
  2. shelter-half
  3. shelter-halves
  4. shelter-in-place
  5. shelterable
  6. shelterage
  7. shelterages
  8. shelterbelt
  9. shelterbelted
  10. shelterbelts
  11. sheltercraft

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