cardboard shelter

Homeless person's refuge

A cardboard shelter is a makeshift structure fashioned from cardboard boxes, used as protection from weather by people without housing.

The term appears in discussions of homelessness and poverty: Cardboard shelters lined the underpass.

It may also refer to temporary play structures children make from large boxes.

Related

tent · tent city · corrugated · flimsy · street · street corner · encampment · refuge · temporary · brown · folded · sleeping · sleeping rough · rough · urban · survival · fort · hideout

Opposites
housing permanence and quality

cardboard sheltermansion

Large, stately home

palace · brick house · luxury apartment · penthouse · estate

socioeconomic status indicator

cardboard sheltermansion

Large, stately home

penthouse · estate · country estate · McMansion · private villa

Family

cardboard, shelter, card, board, cards, boards, boarding, boarded, boarder

Familiarity
Top 500,000
Profile
Known to kids · Used worldwide · Timeless · Concrete · Negative · Everyday, not technical · Rated G