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The definition of bunker means an underground place of security, or a storage place for a ship's fuel, or a sand trap in golf.
(noun)- An example of a bunker is an underground bomb shelter.
- An example of a bunker is a fuel tank on a ship.
- An example of a bunker is a sand trap on a golf course.
Bunker means to give fuel to a ship, or to hit a ball into a sand trap while playing golf.
(verb)- An example of bunker is to load fuel onto a ship.
- An example of bunker is something a beginning golfer might do.
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See bunker in Webster's New World College Dictionary
noun
- a large bin or tank, as for a ship's fuel
- an underground fortification of steel and concrete containing a bomb shelter, weapon emplacement, etc., that is often part of a system
- a sand trap or other barren area serving as a hazard on a golf course
Origin: Scot < ?
transitive verb
- to supply (a ship) with fuel
- Golf to hit (a ball) into a bunker
See bunker in American Heritage Dictionary 4
noun
- a. A bin or tank especially for fuel storage, as on a ship.b. Fuel, such as coal or fuel oil, used especially in ships. Often used in the plural.
- An underground fortification, often with a concrete projection above ground level for observation or gun emplacements.
- Sports A sand trap serving as an obstacle on a golf course.
- To store or place (fuel) in a bunker.
- Sports To hit (a golf ball) into a bunker.
Origin:
Origin: Scots bonker, chest
Origin: , perhaps of Scandinavian origin
.Related Forms:
- bunˈker adjective
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