Noun
a shelter to protect occupants from the fallout from an atomic bomb
Source: WordNetAbove ground buildings with walls and roofs dense enough to afford a meaningful protection factor can be used as a fallout shelter. Source: Internet
A fallout shelter is designed to allow its occupants to minimize exposure to harmful fallout until radioactivity has decayed to a safer level. Source: Internet
In the Only Fools and Horses episode " The Russians are Coming ", Derek Trotter buys a lead fallout shelter, then decides to construct it in fear of an impending nuclear war caused by the Soviet Union (who were still active during the episode's creation). Source: Internet
For A sign pointing to an old fallout shelter in New York City. Source: Internet
;Inability to defend * No fallout shelter networks of sufficient capacity to protect large segments of the population and/or industry. Source: Internet
It has been suggested by the US government that a fallout shelter should not be dug close to trees for this reason. citation Fallout shelters in popular culture Fallout shelter sign of the United States. Source: Internet