temporary shelter
Short-term dwelling place
A temporary shelter is a structure providing short-term protection from weather or danger.
The term covers everything from emergency tents after disasters to overnight accommodations for homeless individuals: The Red Cross set up temporary shelters for flood victims.
Unlike permanent housing, temporary shelters are understood to be transitional—a stopgap until more stable arrangements become available.
- tentPortable fabric shelter
- rain flyTent's weather shield
- refugePlace of safety
- makeshiftTemporary, improvised substitute
- emergency blanketReflective heat-retention sheet
cabin · lean-to · bivouac · campsite · hut · tarp · emergency · displaced · storm · storm cellar · safe house · fugitive · refugee camp · nomad · transient · bunker · hideout · squatter
- campstent, tents, camp, campsite, campground
- prefab structuresprefab house, prefab cabin, modular home, kit home, container home
- relief sitesrefugee camp, relief camp, evacuation center, transit camp, reception center
- Sukkotsukkah, booth, citron, willow, myrtle
- worker housinglabor camp, crew quarters, company town, company housing, mining camp
- mud constructionmud house, mud hut, mud walls, mudbrick, adobe
temporary shelterpermanent home
Lasting place of residence
permanent residence · forever home · family home · primary residence · ancestral home
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