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- Dictionarybunker/ˈbʌŋkə/
noun
- 1. a large container or compartment for storing fuel: "a coal bunker"
- 2. a reinforced underground shelter, typically for use in wartime.
verb
- 1. fill the fuel containers of (a ship); refuel.
- 2. (of a player) have one's ball lodged in a bunker: "he was bunkered at the fifth hole"
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a shelter, usually underground, that has strong walls to protect the people inside it from bullets or bombs. mikroman6/Moment/GettyImages. SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases. Safe & enclosed spaces. awning. bolthole. booth. bus shelter. carrel. childproofing. cocoon. dugout. foxhole. haven. hideaway. hideout. hidey-hole. recess. refuge.
BUNKER meaning: 1. a shelter, usually underground, that has strong walls to protect the people inside it from…. Learn more.
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Bunker definition: a large bin or receptacle; a fixed chest or box. See examples of BUNKER used in a sentence.
n. 1. a large storage container or tank, as for coal. 2. (Golf) Also called (esp US and Canadian): sand trap an obstacle on a golf course, usually a sand-filled hollow bordered by a ridge. 3. (Fortifications) an underground shelter, often of reinforced concrete and with a bank and embrasures for guns above ground. vb. 4. (Golf) ( tr) golf.
A bunker is an underground shelter, the kind you might build to prepare for a zombie apocalypse. (Be sure to stock up on canned food.) If you talk about a bunker today, most people assume you mean a shelter that's used during war, like a foxhole, or a safe underground or recessed place.