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shelter

How many syllables in shelter?

  2 syllables

Divide shelter into syllables:   shel-ter
Stressed syllable in shelter:   shel-ter
How to pronounce shelter:   shel-ter
How to say shelter:

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Synonyms for shelter


1 syllable
  • barn
  • shield
  • keep
2 syllables
  • bathhouse
  • cover
  • harbor
  • protect
  • safety
  • cocoon
  • hangar
  • haven
  • refuge
3 syllables
  • asylum
  • canopy
  • seclusion
4 syllables
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    What rhymes with shelter

    1 syllable
    • welte
      2 syllables
      • belter
      • kelter
      • pelter
      • smelter
      • swelter
      • felter
      • melter
      • skelter
      • spelter
      • welter
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