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Definitions for Bunker

[1] a large bin or receptacle; a fixed chest or box: a coal bunker.
[2] 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.
[3] Golf . any obstacle, as a sand trap or mound of dirt, constituting a hazard.
[4] Nautical . to provide fuel for (a vessel). to convey (bulk cargo except grain) from a vessel to an adjacent storehouse.
[5] Golf . to hit (a ball) into a bunker.
[6] to equip with or as if with bunkers: to bunker an army's defenses.
[7] a large storage container or tank, as for coal
[8] Also called (esp US and Canadian): sand trap an obstacle on a golf course, usually a sand-filled hollow bordered by a ridge
[9] an underground shelter, often of reinforced concrete and with a bank and embrasures for guns above ground
[10] (tr) golf to drive (the ball) into a bunker (passive) to have one's ball trapped in a bunker
[11] (tr) nautical to fuel (a ship) to transfer (cargo) from a ship to a storehouse

Words related to Bunker

shelter, fortification, dugout, trap, blockhouse

Words nearby Bunker

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Origin of Bunker

1750–60; earlier bonkar (Scots ) box, chest, serving also as a seat, of obscure origin

Word origin for Bunker

C16 (in the sense: chest, box): from Scottish bonkar , of unknown origin

Synonyms for Bunker

dugout, fortification, shelter, blockhouse