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

The community across the street from the Dimona strike has relocated some of its elderly to a large bomb shelter in a school, where they plan to stay until the end of the war.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 28, 2026

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

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

He toured Prague’s famous monuments multiple times, including a huge bomb shelter under Folimanka Park that features in his novel, writing in his notebook along the way.

From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 9, 2025

From that point on, everything would be run from the control room in Oppenheimer’s bomb shelter, six miles from the blast site.

From "Bomb" by Steve Sheinkin