fall-out shelter

A form of fallout shelter — A thick-walled building, usually under the ground, built so that people can keep away from radioactive dust after a nuclear explosion.

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Meanings

nounfall-out shelter (plural fall-out shelters)

plural fall-out shelters

  1. alternativeAlternative form of fallout shelter.
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