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bun·ker
(bŭng′kər)n.
1.
a. A bin or tank especially for fuel storage, as on a ship.
b. often bunkers Fuel, such as coal or fuel oil, used especially in ships.
2. An underground fortification, often with a concrete projection above ground level for observation or gun emplacements.
3. Sports See sand trap.
tr.v. bun·kered, bun·ker·ing, bun·kers
1. To store or place (fuel) in a bunker.
2. Sports To hit (a golf ball) into a sand trap.
[Scots bonker, chest, perhaps of Scandinavian origin.]
bun′ker adj.
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bunker
(ˈbʌŋkə)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. to drive (the ball) into a bunker
b. (passive) to have one's ball trapped in a bunker
5. (Nautical Terms) (tr) nautical
a. to fuel (a ship)
b. to transfer (cargo) from a ship to a storehouse
[C16 (in the sense: chest, box): from Scottish bonkar, of unknown origin]
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bun•ker
(ˈbʌŋ kər)n.
1. a large bin or receptacle; a fixed chest or box: a coal bunker.
2. a partially underground chamber, often of reinforced concrete, built as a bomb shelter or as part of a fortification.
3. Golf. any obstacle, as a sand trap or mound of dirt, constituting a hazard.
v.t. 4. to provide fuel for (a vessel).
adj. 5. characterized by or given to desperate or extreme measures to avoid defeat: a bunker mentality.
[1750–60; earlier bonkar (Scots) chest, serving also as a seat]
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bunker
Past participle: bunkered
Gerund: bunkering
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bunker
1. (golf) sandtrap
2. An underground military installation for protection against air attack.
3. (sand trap) A type of hazard, usually a sand-filled hollow.
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Noun | 1. | bunker - a hazard on a golf course golf course, links course - course consisting of a large landscaped area for playing golf hazard - an obstacle on a golf course |
2. | bunker - a large container for storing fuel; "the ship's bunkers were full of coal" container - any object that can be used to hold things (especially a large metal boxlike object of standardized dimensions that can be loaded from one form of transport to another) | |
3. | bunker - a fortification of earth; mostly or entirely below ground fortification, munition - defensive structure consisting of walls or mounds built around a stronghold to strengthen it funk hole - dugout as a place of safe retreat (when in a funk) | |
Verb | 1. | bunker - hit a golf ball into a bunker hit - cause to move by striking; "hit a ball" |
2. | bunker - fill (a ship's bunker) with coal or oil fuel - provide with a combustible substance that provides energy; "fuel aircraft, ships, and cars" | |
3. | bunker - transfer cargo from a ship to a warehouse |
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Translations
تَجْويفٌ في مَلْعَبِ الغولْفمَلْجَأٌ تَحْتَ الأرْض
bunkrpísková překážka
beskyttelsesrumbunkersandgrav
bunkkerihiekkaeste
bunker
bunkerterepakadály
neîanjarîarbyrgisandglompa
벙커엄폐호
bunkerisduobutėslėptuvė
bedrītebunkursslēptuve
bunkerpiesková prekážka
engelyeraltı sığınağı
Collins Spanish Dictionary - Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005
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bunker
n (Naut, Golf, Mil) → Bunker m
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bunker
(ˈbaŋkə) noun1. a hollow containing sand on a golf course.
2. an underground shelter against bombs etc.
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