A structure designed to protect occupants from the effects of nuclear weapons.
this 1960s Cold War nuclear shelter lies partly beneath a hill
Example sentencesExamples
- He had returned from the nuclear shelter that night.
- She was kept in a single narrow room, designed to be a nuclear shelter.
- It was Harvey who built the nuclear shelter.
- The former nuclear shelter is buried in the corner of a farmer's field.
- Built as a nuclear shelter in the Cold War, the bunker was designed to supply 30 local utilities workers with food, clean air and water for up to 60 days.