fallout shelter
Definition of fallout shelter
: a shelter built underground to protect people from radioactive fallout (particles that are produced by a nuclear explosion)
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: the often radioactive particles stirred up by or resulting from a nuclear explosion and descending through the atmosphere
: other polluting particles (such as volcanic ash) descending likewise
: descent (as of fallout) through the atmosphere
: something that covers or affords protection
: an establishment providing food and shelter (as to the homeless)
: an establishment that houses and feeds stray or unwanted animals
: to constitute or provide a shelter for : protect
: to place under shelter or protection
: to protect (income) from taxation
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