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sheltering

sheltering noun: a shelter; a structure beneath which one shelters. Also the present participle and gerund of shelter.

Noun

sheltering (plural shelterings)

  1. A shelter; a structure beneath which one shelters.
    • The result was most satisfactory, as I succeeded, with Mr. Morgan's kind assistance, in securing a considerable number of larvae living beneath shelterings formed of coccid remains, which I felt sure must be the early stage of a Thalpochares.1892, The Agricultural Gazette of New South Wales, volume 2, page 668

Also used as

sheltering is also the present participle and gerund of shelter.

Forms of sheltering

pluralshelterings

Words formed from sheltering

Phrases with sheltering

Questions about sheltering

What does sheltering mean?
Sheltering means a shelter; a structure beneath which one shelters.
What part of speech is sheltering?
Sheltering is a noun.
What is the plural of sheltering?
The plural of sheltering is shelterings.

Words near sheltering in the dictionary

  1. shelteree
  2. shelterees
  3. shelterer
  4. shelterers
  5. shelterin
  6. sheltering
  7. sheltering in place
  8. sheltering-in-place
  9. shelteringly
  10. shelterings
  11. shelterins

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