Bunker (noun) Definition, Meaning & Examples

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noun
  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. any obstacle, as a sand trap or mound of dirt, constituting a hazard.
verb (used with object)
  1. Nautical.
    • to provide fuel for (a vessel).
    • to convey (bulk cargo, except grain) from a vessel to an adjacent storehouse.
  2. to hit (a ball) into a bunker.
  3. to equip with or as if with bunkers: to bunker an army's defenses.
noun
  1. a large storage container or tank, as for coal
  2. an obstacle on a golf course, usually a sand-filled hollow bordered by a ridge
  3. an underground shelter, often of reinforced concrete and with a bank and embrasures for guns above ground
verb
  1. (tr) golf
    • to drive (the ball) into a bunker
    • to have one's ball trapped in a bunker
  2. (tr) nautical
    • to fuel (a ship)
    • to transfer (cargo) from a ship to a storehouse
Bunker (noun) Definition, Meaning & Examples

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