homeless shelter

English

Noun

homeless shelter (plural homeless shelters)

A building set up to provide for the needs of homeless people; often including shelter, food, sanitation and other forms of support.
Hyponym: night shelter
A sanctuary for the temporary housing of domesticated animals without a home.

Translations

building to provide shelter for homeless — see also night shelter

Finnish: asunnottomien asuntola
German: Obdachlosenheim (de) n
Hungarian: hajléktalanszálló (hu)
Polish: schronisko dla bezdomnych n
Russian: прию́т для бездо́мных m (prijút dlja bezdómnyx)
Swedish: härbärge (sv) n

sanctuary for animals

Finnish: löytöeläintarha
Polish: schronisko (pl) n
Russian: прию́т для живо́тных m (prijút dlja živótnyx)

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