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air-raid shelters

air-raid shelters is the plural of air-raid shelter.

Meaning of air-raid shelter

Noun

air-raid shelter (plural air-raid shelters)

  1. A structure, often a reinforced underground shelter designed to give protection against air raids.
    • 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
    Synonyms:
    air raid bunker, bomb shelter, bombproof

Questions about air-raid shelters

What is air-raid shelters the plural of?
Air-raid shelters is the plural of air-raid shelter.

Words near air-raid shelters in the dictionary

  1. air-proof
  2. air-pump
  3. air-pumps
  4. air-raid
  5. air-raid shelter
  6. air-raid shelters
  7. air-raid siren
  8. air-raid sirens
  9. air-raid warden
  10. air-raid wardens
  11. air-raids

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