fallout shelternoun [ C ]
uk/ˈfɔːl.aʊt ˌʃel.tər/us/ˈfɑːl.aʊt ˌʃel.t̬ɚ/a strong building, usually under the ground, intended to keep people safe from the dust in the air after a nuclear explosion
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Safe & enclosed spaces
- bolthole
- bunker
- bus shelter
- cover
- covert
- dry
- fastness
- foxhole
- hidey-hole
- hiding place
- island
- lair
- nook
- recess
- safe house
- sanctuary
- shelter
- sheltered accommodation
- sunblind
- women's refuge
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Examples from literature
- A below-ground storm cellar can be used as an improvised fallout shelter, but additional shielding material may be needed to provide adequate protection from fallout radiation.
- But you might have to use fallout shelter for up to two weeks.
- Most communities now have public fallout shelters that would protect many of their residents against fallout radiation.
- Public fallout shelters usually offer some advantages over home shelters.
- —If you are at home, go to your underground storm cellar or your basement fallout shelter, if you have one.