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Bunker

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Noun

1. bunker, sand trap, trap

a hazard on a golf course

2. bunker

a large container for storing fuel

Example Sentences:
'the ship's bunkers were full of coal'

3. bunker, dugout

a fortification of earth; mostly or entirely below ground

Verb

4. bunker

hit a golf ball into a bunker

5. bunker

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

6. bunker

transfer cargo from a ship to a warehouse

WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.

Bunker

see synonyms of bunker
noun
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
verb
4. (transitive) golf
a. 
to drive (the ball) into a bunker
b. (passive)
to have one's ball trapped in a bunker
5. (transitive) nautical
a. 
to fuel (a ship)
b. 
to transfer (cargo) from a ship to a storehouse

Collins English Dictionary. Copyright © HarperCollins Publishers

Bunker

see synonyms of bunker
noun
1. 
a large bin or tank, as for a ship's fuel
2. 
an underground fortification of steel and concrete containing a bomb shelter, weapon emplacement, etc., that is often part of a system
3. 
a sand trap or other barren area serving as a hazard on a golf course
verb transitive
4. 
to supply (a ship) with fuel
5.  Golf
to hit (a ball) into a bunker

Webster’s New World College Dictionary, 4th Edition. Copyright © 2010 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. All rights reserved.

Bunker

see synonyms of bunker
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.

The American Heritage ® Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition copyright ©2018 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

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