dry
noun /draɪ/Definition
the dry UK › a place where the conditions are not wet, especially when compared to somewhere where the conditions are wet: You're soaked - come into the dry.Safe and enclosed spaces
(Definition of dry noun from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus
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- covert noun
- dugout noun (SHELTER)
- fallout shelter noun
- fastness noun (SAFE PLACE)
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- hiding place noun
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