Meanings
nounfallout shelter (plural fallout shelters)
plural fallout shelters · alternative fall-out shelter
- A thick-walled building, usually under the ground, built so that people can keep away from radioactive dust after a nuclear explosion.
Translations
Catalan refugi antiatòmic
- refugi antiatòmicbuilding
Czech protiatomový kryt
- protiatomový krytbuilding
Finnish väestönsuoja, ydinpommisuoja
- väestönsuojabuilding
- ydinpommisuojabuilding
French abri anti-atomique
- abri anti-atomiquebuilding
Hungarian atombunker
- atombunkerbuilding
Polish schron przeciwatomowy
- schron przeciwatomowybuilding
Portuguese abrigo anti-atômico, refúgio nuclear
- abrigo anti-atômicobuilding
- refúgio nuclearbuilding
Russian противорадиационное убе́жище
- противорадиационное убе́жище (protivoradiacionnoje ubéžišče)building
Spanish refugio antinuclear, refugio antiatómico
- refugio antinuclearbuilding
- refugio antiatómicobuilding
Cite this entry
APA
fallout shelter. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 5, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/fallout%20shelter
MLA
“fallout shelter.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/fallout%20shelter. Accessed November 5, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “fallout shelter,” accessed November 5, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/fallout%20shelter.
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