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WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2024bun•ker /ˈbʌŋkɚ/USA pronunciation n. [countable]- a large bin or receptacle.
- a partially underground chamber, built as a bomb shelter:stayed in his bunker during the shelling.
- SportGolf. any obstacle, such as a sand trap, constituting a hazard:His first shot went into the bunker.
WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024bun•ker (bung′kər),USA pronunciation n. - 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.
- Sport[Golf.]any obstacle, as a sand trap or mound of dirt, constituting a hazard.
v.t. - [Naut.]
- Naval Termsto provide fuel for (a vessel).
- Naval Termsto convey (bulk cargo except grain) from a vessel to an adjacent storehouse.
- Sport[Golf.]to hit (a ball) into a bunker.
- to equip with or as if with bunkers:to bunker an army's defenses.
- earlier bonkar (Scots) box, chest, serving also as a seat, of obscure origin, originally 1750–60
Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers:: bunker /ˈbʌŋkə/ n - 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
vb - (transitive) to drive (the ball) into a bunker
- (passive) to have one's ball trapped in a bunker
Etymology: 16th Century (in the sense: chest, box): from Scottish bonkar, of unknown origin |