bunker
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kər noun
1.
a large bin or receptacle; a fixed chest or box: a coal bunker.
2.
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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| —n | |
| 1. | a large storage container or tank, as for coal |
| 2. | Also called (esp US and Canadian): sand trap 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 |
| —vb | |
| 4. | (tr) golf |
| a. to drive (the ball) into a bunker | |
| b. (passive) to have one's ball trapped in a bunker | |
| 5. | (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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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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Example sentences
To many, he appeared to be a commander stuck in his bunker.
The atmosphere falls somewhere between the calming hush of a desert spa and the nervous importance of a secret military bunker.
After the uprising had been quelled, the prisoners remained in the bunker for another four days.
He had to live in a cement bunker because he was so beloved.
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