Shelter refers to something that covers or provides protection, including the following:

Protection against the weather

• A house
• A mountain shelter
• A place to stand or sit when waiting at public transport stops, such as:
  • Bus shelter
  • Tram stop
  • Railway platform
  • Taxi stand

Places of refuge

• A women's shelter for abused women
• A homeless shelter for vagrants
• An animal shelter, which usually houses stray pets

War related

• Air-raid shelter
• Fallout shelter
• Blast shelter

Groups or organisations

• Shelter Don Bosco, an organization working for Street Children in Mumbai, India
• Shelter (charity), a British charity campaigning to end homelessness and bad housing
• Shelter (band), a hardcore Hare Krishna band