Meanings
plural safe rooms · alternative saferoom
- A fortified room serving as a safe hiding place for the inhabitants of a building in the event of a break-in or emergency.
In the early 1990s, after Israel came under attack by Scud missiles from Iraq, all newly built homes were required to be constructed with a safe room made from reinforced concrete.
2021 May 14, Isabel Kershner, “Gaza Rocket Finds a Rare Gap in Israeli Armor, and a Boy Is Killed”, in The New York Times, →ISSNSynonyms: panic room
Synonyms & antonyms
nounA fortified room serving as a safe hiding place for the inhabitants of a building in the event of a break-in or emergency.
Translations
Bulgarian паник стая
- паник стая (panik staja)Translations
Finnish turvahuone
- turvahuoneTranslations
German Panikraum, Schutzraum
- PanikraumTranslations
- SchutzraumTranslations
Norwegian sikkerhetsrom
- sikkerhetsromTranslations
Swedish säkerhetsrum, panikrum
- säkerhetsrumTranslations
- panikrumTranslations
Cite this entry
safe room. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/safe%20room
“safe room.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/safe%20room. Accessed November 4, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “safe room,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/safe%20room.
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