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sheltermate

sheltermate noun: a person with whom one shares a shelter.

Noun

sheltermate (plural sheltermates)

  1. A person with whom one shares a shelter.
    • Her sleepless nights there were haunted by the collective grumble of her sheltermates […].2009 January 20, Trymaine Lee, “Taking Responsibility for Herself and Her Son”, in New York Times

Forms of sheltermate

pluralsheltermates

Origin of sheltermate

From shelter + mate.

Questions about sheltermate

What does sheltermate mean?
Sheltermate means a person with whom one shares a shelter.
What part of speech is sheltermate?
Sheltermate is a noun.
What is the plural of sheltermate?
The plural of sheltermate is sheltermates.

Words near sheltermate in the dictionary

  1. shelteringly
  2. shelterings
  3. shelterins
  4. shelterless
  5. shelterlessness
  6. sheltermate
  7. sheltermates
  8. shelters
  9. shelters in place
  10. shelters-in-place
  11. sheltersome

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