air-raid shelter

1. 1.

   a chamber (often underground) reinforced against bombing and provided with food and living facilities; used during air raids

   Synonymsbomb shelterbombproof

   Broaderchamber

Questions about air-raid shelter

What does air-raid shelter mean?

air-raid shelter means "a chamber (often underground) reinforced against bombing and provided with food and living facilities; used during air raids".

What is another word for air-raid shelter?

Close synonyms include bomb shelter, bombproof. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.