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Bunker Very Common

Bunker has 9 different meanings across 3 categories:

Noun · Verb · Proper Noun

Definitions
Noun
1

a hazard on a golf course

"The golfer sighed as his ball landed in the sand bunker, forcing him to chip carefully out of the trap."

2

a large container for storing fuel

"the ship's bunkers were full of coal"

3

a fortification of earth; mostly or entirely below ground

"The soldiers retreated into the deep bunker to escape the relentless enemy bombardment."

4

A hardened shelter, often buried partly or fully underground, designed to protect the inhabitants from falling bombs or other attacks.

"After hearing the air raid siren, everyone rushed down into the concrete bunker for safety."

Verb
1

hit a golf ball into a bunker

"The player sighed as he had to chip out of the deep sand trap after his previous shot landed right in the bunker."

2

fill (a ship's bunker) with coal or oil

"The crew worked through the night to bunker the cargo vessel before it set sail for the long voyage across the Pacific."

3

transfer cargo from a ship to a warehouse

"The dockworkers spent all morning bunkering grain from the incoming vessel into the storage facility before high tide arrived."

4

To load a vessel with oil or coal for the engine.

"The crew spent all night bunkering the ship before it set sail across the ocean."

Proper Noun
1

A surname​.

"My neighbor Bunker always stops by to borrow sugar on Sundays."

See Also
bunkerish box hideout bunkerlike niblick shot sand wedge bunk off coal hole
Related Terms
Broader Terms (hypernyms)
hazard container fortification hit fuel transfer
Narrower Terms (hyponyms)
foxhole funk hole
Rhyming Words
ker aker pker oker riker faker puker nuker paker laker koker raker hoker asker siker taker joker inker waker acker
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