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air-raid shelter en · NOUN

Pronunciation

• (Southern-England) audio

Meanings

1. A structure, often a reinforced underground shelter designed to give protection against air raids.
   • This tunnel assumed some measure of importance during the second world war, when it was used nightly as an air raid shelter for multiple unit electric trains which were propelled over the branch by a steam engine. 1952 December, R. C. Riley, “By Rail to Kemp Town”, in Railway Magazine, page 836:
   • With the intensification of air raids on London last September, these tube platforms began to be used as an air raid shelter, and shelterers travelled by train (specially stopped there) from other stations in order to gain access. 1941 July, “Notes and News: New Tube Station at Highgate”, in Railway Magazine, page 329:

Forms

Relateds

Morrison shelter · Anderson shelter · fallout shelter

Synonyms

bombproof · air raid bunker · bomb shelter

Translations (48)

ky жерпаана (reinforced underground shelter designed to give protection against air raids) · el Καταφύγιο αεροπορικής επιδρομής (reinforced underground shelter designed to give protection against air raids) · bg противовъзду́шно скрива́лище (reinforced underground shelter designed to give protection against air raids) · fi pommisuoja (reinforced underground shelter designed to give protection against air raids) · it rifugio antiaereo (reinforced underground shelter designed to give protection against air raids) · af bomskuiling (reinforced underground shelter designed to give protection against air raids) · hu légoltalmi óvóhely (reinforced underground shelter designed to give protection against air raids) · cmn 避彈壕 /避弹壕 (reinforced underground shelter designed to give protection against air raids) · pon pwohkungo (reinforced underground shelter designed to give protection against air raids) · uz bombapana (reinforced underground shelter designed to give protection against air raids) · sv skyddsrum (reinforced underground shelter designed to give protection against air raids) · pt abrigo antiaéreo (reinforced underground shelter designed to give protection against air raids) · hu óvóhely (reinforced underground shelter designed to give protection against air raids) · es refugio antibombas (reinforced underground shelter designed to give protection against air raids) · kmr sitargeha êrişên ezmanî (reinforced underground shelter designed to give protection against air raids) · bg бомбоубе́жище (reinforced underground shelter designed to give protection against air raids) · et pommivarjend (reinforced underground shelter designed to give protection against air raids) · cmn 防空洞 (reinforced underground shelter designed to give protection against air raids) · hy ռմբապաստարան (reinforced underground shelter designed to give protection against air raids) · ko 방공호 (reinforced underground shelter designed to give protection against air raids) · nb tilfluktsrom (reinforced underground shelter designed to give protection against air raids) · ru бомбоубе́жище (reinforced underground shelter designed to give protection against air raids) · ro adăpost antiaerian (reinforced underground shelter designed to give protection against air raids) · ja 防空壕 (reinforced underground shelter designed to give protection against air raids) · kk бомбапана (reinforced underground shelter designed to give protection against air raids) · cmn 防空壕 (reinforced underground shelter designed to give protection against air raids) · es refugio antiaéreo (reinforced underground shelter designed to give protection against air raids) · ka ბომბსაფარი (reinforced underground shelter designed to give protection against air raids) · fr abri anti-aérien (reinforced underground shelter designed to give protection against air raids) · pl schron przeciwlotniczy (reinforced underground shelter designed to give protection against air raids) · ar مَلْجَأ مِنَ الْقَنَابِل (reinforced underground shelter designed to give protection against air raids) · he מִקְלָט (reinforced underground shelter designed to give protection against air raids) · uz bombapanoh (reinforced underground shelter designed to give protection against air raids) · da beskyttelsesrum (reinforced underground shelter designed to give protection against air raids) · be схо́вішча (reinforced underground shelter designed to give protection against air raids) · uz bombapanohgoh (reinforced underground shelter designed to give protection against air raids) · fi väestönsuoja (reinforced underground shelter designed to give protection against air raids) · be бамбасхо́вішча (reinforced underground shelter designed to give protection against air raids) · hu légópince (reinforced underground shelter designed to give protection against air raids) · sk protiletecký kryt (reinforced underground shelter designed to give protection against air raids) · ky бомбоубежище (reinforced underground shelter designed to give protection against air raids) · uk бомбосхо́вище (reinforced underground shelter designed to give protection against air raids) · cs protiletecký kryt (reinforced underground shelter designed to give protection against air raids) · is loftvarnarbyrgi (reinforced underground shelter designed to give protection against air raids) · nl schuilkelder (reinforced underground shelter designed to give protection against air raids) · uk схо́вище (reinforced underground shelter designed to give protection against air raids) · de Luftschutzbunker (reinforced underground shelter designed to give protection against air raids) · ru убе́жище (reinforced underground shelter designed to give protection against air raids)