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shelteredshel‧tered /ˈʃeltəd $ -ərd/ adjective   - Let's find a nice sheltered spot for a picnic.
- Housing associations as well as local authorities are involved in the provision of sheltered accommodation.
- Increased competition and easier industrial collaboration in a less sheltered defence market will not save jobs.
- That night we slid into Tomb Bay, where Lycian rock tombs glare over a sheltered bight and cicadas yell from oleanders.
- The girls give the impression of children of a particularly sheltered family.
- We could have built many schools, sheltered housing schemes and sports centres with those millions of pounds.
- We sighted a fishing boat in the distance, a sure sign of more sheltered water.
- What a sheltered life she leads, in her self-built lavender ghetto.
► a sheltered upbringing (=one in which someone is protected from difficult or unpleasant experiences)· I'd had a very sheltered upbringing, so going to college was a real eye-opener. NOUN► accommodation· Twenty one pensioners had to be rescued by boat from their sheltered accommodation.· Well, I live in sheltered accommodation and, believe me, I have to pay the full licence fee.· Shortly after buying it, Denega was refused listed building consent to demolish the chapel and develop 21 sheltered accommodation units.· Some older people are keen to live in sheltered accommodation where they hope for a combination of independence and security.· Housing associations as well as local authorities are involved in the provision of sheltered accommodation.· With it went planning consent for the sheltered accommodation units.· A recent development in the property market has been the creation of sheltered accommodation for the elderly - both rented and private.· They had a warrant to arrest her grandson who'd been visiting the pensioner at her sheltered accommodation in Cheltenham. ► corner· Wallowing our way into a sheltered corner of the bay, we rode rather inelegantly in on the surf.· In either case safety lies in finding either a windproof covering or a sheltered corner as soon as possible.· Both naturalise well, and in a sheltered corner of the garden, the perfume can be quite strong. ► housing· The issue is to decide the extent to which sufferers may be supported and maintained in sheltered housing.· The sheltered housing is close to local amenities to allow residents easy access to shops and other facilities.· For example, little sheltered housing has been constructed for the old and disabled.· We could have built many schools, sheltered housing schemes and sports centres with those millions of pounds.· In sheltered housing the warden has a very important part to play.· Kitchen fire: Firemen tackled a fire in the Albany Court old people's sheltered housing complex in Hartlepool.· He is widowed and now lives alone in a ground floor fiat in a warden controlled sheltered housing scheme. ► life· What a sheltered life she leads, in her self-built lavender ghetto.· It is only their sheltered lives which keep them from facing the same problem.· Listen honey, d' you think I lead a sheltered life?· Even in Alexandra's sheltered life she knew that.· The children lead sheltered lives, getting chauffeured to and from their prep schools.· Neglected, unloved, slowly disintegrating, the house still sheltered life, thought Winnie. ► spot· Plunge the post, up to the rim, in a sheltered spot in the garden.· I would grow it in a sheltered spot against a south or south-west facing wall or fence.· In such conditions, all the sheltered spots get overcrowded, and there is usually too much colour in the water. ► a sheltered life/childhood/upbringing etc- I lead a sheltered life out in the branch.
- Listen honey, d' you think I lead a sheltered life?
- We led a sheltered life out there in the suburbs.
- What a sheltered life she leads, in her self-built lavender ghetto.
- A regional study of difficult-to-let sheltered accommodation for older people Falshaw, Richard.
- Apartments opened A £725,000 sheltered housing scheme for the elderly was officially opened in Irvinestown today.
- For example, little sheltered housing has been constructed for the old and disabled.
- Shortly after buying it, Denega was refused listed building consent to demolish the chapel and develop 21 sheltered accommodation units.
- The sheltered housing is close to local amenities to allow residents easy access to shops and other facilities.
- The issue is to decide the extent to which sufferers may be supported and maintained in sheltered housing.
- We have sheltered accommodation, with understanding professional staff, for blind men and women who are unable to look after themselves.
- With it went planning consent for the sheltered accommodation units.
1a sheltered life/childhood/upbringing etc a life etc in which someone has been too protected by their parents from difficult or unpleasant experiences:  I had led a sheltered life and had never met prejudice before.2a place that is sheltered is protected from extreme weather conditions: a sheltered valley3sheltered accommodation/housing British English a place for people to live who cannot look after themselves properly and where help is provided if they need it: sheltered accommodation for the elderly |