| Main Entry: | |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | top of a room |
| Synonyms: | baldachin, beam, canopy, covert, dome, fan vaulting, groin, highest point, housetop, plafond, planchement, plaster, roof, roofing, timber, topside covering |
| Notes: | a ceiling is the overhead upper surface of a room or an upper limit on what is allowed, while sealing is the act of treating something to make it repel water |
| Antonyms: | floor |
| Main Entry: | forest |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | area with a large number of trees |
| Synonyms: | backwoods, brake, chase, clump, coppice, copse, cover, covert, grove, growth, jungle, park, shelter, stand, thicket, timber, timberland, weald, wildwood, wood, woodland, woodlot, woods |
| Main Entry: | grove |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | cluster of trees |
| Synonyms: | brake, coppice, copse, covert, forest, orchard, plantation, spinney, stand, thicket, wood, woodland |
| Main Entry: | harbor |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | place for seclusion |
| Synonyms: | asylum, cover, covert, harborage, haven, port, refuge, retreat, sanctuary, sanctum, security, shelter |
| Notes: | harbor first meant 'shelter' and 'lodging' and that is how the word first entered English place-names, as a 'place of shelter; refuge' for a crowd of people; a port is a haven for vessels and it is equipped for loading and unloading ships, while a harbor is a haven for vessels but does not necessarily have onshore facilities |
| Main Entry: | haven |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | refuge, port |
| Synonyms: | anchorage, asylum, cover, covert, harbor, harborage, retreat, roadstead, sanctuary, sanctum, shelter |
| Main Entry: | hole |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | opening in a solid object |
| Synonyms: | aperture, breach, break, burrow, cave, cavern, cavity, chamber, chasm, chink, cistern, cleft, covert, crack, cranny, crater, cut, den, dent, depression, dimple, dip, excavation, eyelet, fissure, foramen, fracture, gap, gash, gorge, hollow, hovel, keyhole, lacuna, lair, leak, mouth, nest, niche, nick, notch, orifice, outlet, passage, peephole, perforation, pit, pocket, pockmark, puncture, rent, retreat, scoop, shaft, shelter, space, split, tear, tunnel, vacuity, vent, void, window |
| Notes: | a hole is an opening or cavity into or through something, while whole means complete, not divided |
| Antonyms: | closure, solid |
| Main Entry: | refuge |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | place to hide, have privacy |
| Synonyms: | ambush, anchorage, asylum, cover, covert, den, escape, exit, expedient, fortress, harbor, harborage, haven, hideaway, hideout, hiding place, hole, home, immunity, ivory tower, makeshift, opening, outlet, port, preserve, protection, recourse, resort, resource, retreat, safe place, sanctuary, security, shelter, shield, stopgap, stronghold, way out |
| Main Entry: | retreat |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | place one goes for peace |
| Synonyms: | adytum, ark, asylum, cell, cloister, convent, cover, covert, defense, den, habitat, harbor, haunt, haven, hermitage, hideaway, hiding place, ivory tower, port, privacy, refuge, resort, retirement, safe house, safe place, sanctuary, seclusion, security, shelter, solitude |
| Main Entry: | sanctuary |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | place to hide, be safe |
| Synonyms: | asylum, church, convent, cover, covert, defense, den, harbor, harborage, haven, hideaway, hideout, hole, hole-up, ivory tower, oasis, port, protection, refuge, resort, retreat, safe house, screen, shelter, shield |