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.
Golf. any obstacle, as a sand trap or mound of dirt, constituting a hazard.
–verb (used with object)
4.
Nautical.
a.
to provide fuel for (a vessel).
b.
to convey (bulk cargo except grain) from a vessel to an adjacent storehouse.
5.
Golf. to hit (a ball) into a bunker.
6.
to equip with or as if with bunkers: to bunker an army's defenses.
[Origin: 1750–60; earlier bonkar (Scots) box, chest, serving also as a seat, of obscure orig.]
1758, from Scottish, "seat, bench," possibly a variant of banker "bench" (1677). Of golf courses, first recorded 1824; meaning "dug-out fortification" is probably from World War I. Bunker Hill, in Massachusetts, was land assigned to George Bunker (1634), who came from the vicinity of Bedford, England. The name dates from 1229, as Bonquer, and is from O.Fr. bon quer "good heart."
Bunker Hill, IL (city, FIPS 9577) Location: 39.04047 N, 89.95076 W Population (1990): 1722 (692 housing units) Area: 3.0 sq km (land), 0.1 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 62014
Bunker Hill, IN (town, FIPS 9136) Location: 40.66035 N, 86.10176 W Population (1990): 1010 (425 housing units) Area: 1.0 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 46914
Bunker Hill, KS (city, FIPS 9225) Location: 38.87259 N, 98.70077 W Population (1990): 111 (71 housing units) Area: 3.2 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 67626
Bunker Hill, WV Zip code(s): 25413
Bunker Hill, OR (CDP, FIPS 9600) Location: 43.35021 N, 124.20909 W Population (1990): 1242 (571 housing units) Area: 3.6 sq km (land), 0.2 sq km (water)
Bunker Hill Village, TX (city, FIPS 11300) Location: 29.76467 N, 95.53164 W Population (1990): 3391 (1248 housing units) Area: 3.8 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
Bunker, MO (city, FIPS 9694) Location: 37.45745 N, 91.21153 W Population (1990): 390 (180 housing units) Area: 1.7 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 63629
Bun"ker\, n. [Scot. bunker, bunkart, a bench, or low chest, serving for a seat. Cf. Bunk, Bank, Bench.]1. A sort of chest or box, as in a window, the lid of which serves for a seat. [Scot.] --Jamieson. 2. A large bin or similar receptacle; as, a coal bunker.
Bun"ker\, n. 1. A small sand hole or pit, as on a golf course. [Scot.] --Sir W. Scott. 2. (Golf) Hence, any rough hazardous ground on the links; also, an artificial hazard with built-up faces.
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