homeless shelter

homeless shelter

English

Noun

homeless shelter (plural homeless shelters)

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

Translations

building to provide shelter for homeless

Finnish: yömaja (fi), asunnottomien asuntola German: Obdachlosenheim (de) n, Nachtasyl n Hungarian: hajléktalanszálló (hu)

Polish: schronisko dla bezdomnych n Russian: прию́т для бездо́мных m (prijút dlja bezdómnyx), ночле́жка (ru) f (nočléžka) Swedish: härbärge (sv), natthärbärge (sv) n

sanctuary for animals

Finnish: löytöeläintarha

Russian: прию́т для живо́тных m (prijút dlja živótnyx)