{
  "id": "shelter.protection",
  "term": "shelter",
  "sense": "protection",
  "pos": "noun",
  "status": "review",
  "level": 15,
  "arena": "physical",
  "domain": "everyday",
  "style": null,
  "definition": "a place that covers a thing",
  "folk_gloss": null,
  "emergence": {
    "components": [
      "entry.place",
      "cover.object",
      "space.extent"
    ],
    "interaction": "the place and the cover act together so that the thing is within a bounded space protected from outside forces",
    "novel_properties": [
      "protected space",
      "interior access",
      "barrier from environment"
    ]
  },
  "examples": [
    {
      "text": "The International Space Station shields astronauts from solar radiation with its aluminum hull and water walls.",
      "domain": "engineering"
    },
    {
      "text": "Yellow jackets build paper nests under eaves, enclosing their brood from rain and predators.",
      "domain": "biology"
    },
    {
      "text": "In 2017, Puerto Rico's lack of storm shelters worsened casualties when Hurricane Maria hit.",
      "domain": "institutions"
    }
  ],
  "relations": [
    {
      "id": "entry.place",
      "type": "is-a",
      "note": "shelter is a kind of place"
    }
  ],
  "used_by": [
    "building.structure",
    "inn.lodging"
  ],
  "forms": [
    "shelter",
    "sheltered",
    "sheltering",
    "shelters"
  ],
  "closed": true,
  "provenance": {
    "author": "openrouter:openai/gpt-oss-120b",
    "date": "2026-07-29",
    "confidence": 0.6,
    "reconciled": {
      "by": "openrouter:qwen/qwen3-235b-a22b-2507",
      "date": "2026-07-31",
      "changed": "components",
      "note": "Added space.extent as it is foundational to the idea of shelter as an accessible, enclosed protective space not entailed by entry.place or cover.object alone."
    }
  },
  "canonical": "https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-shelter.protection"
}