MEANING
A belt of trees or shrubs planted to shelter land from wind and reduce erosion.
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Words that belong together
- farm shelterbelt
- mature shelterbelt
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A mature shelterbelt shielded the farm buildings.
Word forms
- Base
- shelterbelt
Usage notes
Primary category: setting / environment. Forms: Singular shelterbelt; plural shelterbelts. Legacy lexical fields mirror sense 1 only. Use numbered sense fields for all meanings. Established modern English lexical item. No separate regional spelling or grammatical inflection entry. Writing functions: setting, description. Commonness: uncommon.
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