Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

fallout shelter

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.58 in modern English

Syllables: fall-out shel-ter
IPA

20

Scrabble Score

14

Letters

3

Syllables

10

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A thick-walled building, usually under the ground, built so that people can keep away from radioactive dust after a nuclear explosion.

Inflected Forms

fallout shelters (plural) fall-out shelter (alternative)

Questions

What does fallout shelter mean?: A thick-walled building, usually under the ground, built so that people can keep away from radioactive dust after a nuclear explosion.

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