bomb shelter

American  

noun

1. a room or area, usually underground, especially reinforced against the effects of bombs, used as a shelter during an air raid.

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Etymology

Origin of bomb shelter

First recorded in 1935–40

Example Sentences

In a public bomb shelter two storeys underground, one woman lay sleeping on a bunk bed in the mid-afternoon, while another worked at their laptop.

From Barron's • Mar. 18, 2026

On Monday she relocated to the home of a teammate because she said the bomb shelter she had been using was tiny.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 3, 2026

He then proceeded to gut the architectural gem, with reports at the time suggesting that he wanted to turn the concrete structure into a kind of modernist bomb shelter.

From MarketWatch • Dec. 11, 2025

Visitors to Nir Oz are often taken to a viewpoint on its western edge, where a bomb shelter is all that remains of the home of kibbutz elder Amitai Ben Zvi.

From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 12, 2025

“I’m now going to go cry,” I said with my voice rising as I headed out the back door to continue digging the bomb shelter.

From "Dead End in Norvelt" by Jack Gantos