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[ buhng -ker ] SHOW IPA
/ ˈbʌŋ kər / PHONETIC RESPELLING
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noun a large bin or receptacle; a fixed chest or box: a coal bunker.
a fortification set mostly below the surface of the ground with overhead protection provided by logs and earth or by concrete and fitted with openings through which guns may be fired.
Golf . any obstacle, as a sand trap or mound of dirt, constituting a hazard.
verb (used with object) Nautical . to provide fuel for (a vessel). to convey (bulk cargo, except grain) from a vessel to an adjacent storehouse. Golf . to hit (a ball) into a bunker.
to equip with or as if with bunkers: to bunker an army's defenses.
Origin of bunker First recorded in 1750–60; earlier bonkar (Scots ) “box, chest, serving also as a seat,” of obscure origin
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You feel like you need to bunker up, hide away, and arm yourself.
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The bunker , so crucial during the final years of the Cold War in the Baltic, was only declassified in 2003.
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Bunker rowed the boat half way across the lake, and tied it to one of the trees that grew on a little island.
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The rest of the family, except Bunker Blue, sat up rather late, talking over the events of the past few days.
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Bunker Blue was busy, also, and so was Uncle Tad, helping to get ready for the trip.
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Well, here comes Bunker , and I guess he's ready to take you for a ride.
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This number was stationed at Cambridge, and some of them may have been at Bunker Hill.
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British Dictionary definitions for bunker noun a large storage container or tank, as for coal
Also called (esp US and Canadian): sand trap an obstacle on a golf course, usually a sand-filled hollow bordered by a ridge
an underground shelter, often of reinforced concrete and with a bank and embrasures for guns above ground
verb (tr) golf to drive (the ball) into a bunker (passive) to have one's ball trapped in a bunker (tr) nautical to fuel (a ship) to transfer (cargo) from a ship to a storehouse Word Origin for bunker C16 (in the sense: chest, box): from Scottish bonkar , of unknown origin
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