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noun
1.
a large bin or receptacle; a fixed chest or box: a coal bunker.
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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.
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Origin:
1750–60; earlier bonkar (Scots ) box, chest, serving also as a seat, of obscure origin
1750–60; earlier bonkar (Scots ) box, chest, serving also as a seat, of obscure origin
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Word Origin & History
bunker
1758, from Scottish, "seat, bench," possibly a variant of banker "bench" (1670s; see bunk (1)). Of golf courses, first recorded 1824; meaning "dug-out fortification" is probably from World War I.
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