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bunker

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bun·ker  (bngkr)
n.
1.
a. A bin or tank especially for fuel storage, as on a ship.
b. Fuel, such as coal or fuel oil, used especially in ships. Often used in the plural.
2. An underground fortification, often with a concrete projection above ground level for observation or gun emplacements.
3. Sports A sand trap serving as an obstacle on a golf course.
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 bunker.

[Scots bonker, chest, perhaps of Scandinavian origin.]

bunker adj.

bunker [ˈbʌŋkə]
n
1. a large storage container or tank, as for coal
2. (Individual Sports & Recreations) Also called (esp US and Canadian) sand trap an obstacle on a golf course, usually a sand-filled hollow bordered by a ridge
3. (Military / Fortifications) an underground shelter, often of reinforced concrete and with a bank and embrasures for guns above ground
vb
1. (Individual Sports & Recreations) (tr) Golf
a.  to drive (the ball) into a bunker
b.  (passive) to have one's ball trapped in a bunker
2. (Transport / 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]
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Noun1.bunkerbunker - 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
fox hole, foxhole - a small dugout with a pit for individual shelter against enemy fire
funk hole - dugout as a place of safe retreat (when in a funk)
Verb1.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
shift, transfer - move around; "transfer the packet from his trouser pockets to a pocket in his jacket"
Translations
bunker [ˈbʌŋkəʳ]
A. N
1. (= coal bunker) → carbonera f (Naut) → pañol m del carbón
2. (Mil) → refugio m antiaéreo/antinuclear, búnker m
3. (Golf) → búnker m
B. VT
1. (Naut) → proveer de carbón
2. to be bunkered (Golf) → tener la pelota en un búnker (fig) → estar en un atolladero

bunker [ˈbʌŋkər] n
(= coal store) → coffre m à charbon
(= refuge) → bunker m
(on golf course)bunker m

bunker
n (Naut, Golf, Mil) → Bunker m
vt (Golf) shotin den Bunker schlagen; he was bunkereder hatte den Ball in den Bunker geschlagen

bunker [bʌŋkəʳ] n (coal bunker) → carbonaia (Mil, Golf) → bunker m inv
bunker [bʌŋkəʳ] n (coal bunker) → carbonaia (Mil, Golf) → bunker m inv

bunker
n bunker [ˈbaŋkə]
1 a hollow containing sand on a golf course. sandkuil تَجْويفٌ في مَلْعَبِ الغولْف пясъчна зона в голф игрище písková překážka sandgrav der Bunker αμμώδες ανάχωμα σε γήπεδο γκολφ búnker bunker مانع شنی hiekkaeste fosse de sable מִכְשוֹל בְּמִגְרַש גוֹלֵף तहखाना pješčana rupa terepakadály (golfpályán) lubang berisi pasir sandglompa ostacolo バンカー 벙커 duobutė bedrīte (golfa laukumā) lubang golf bunker bunker, hindring rodzaj przeszkody golfowej obstáculo groapă cu nisip песчаная ложбина piesková prekážka (v golfe) jama s peskom peščana rupa bunker หลุมทรายในสนามกอล์ฟ engel (高爾夫球場上的)沙坑 ямка مورچہ hố cát (chơi gôn))洞
2 an underground shelter against bombs etc. bunker مَلْجَأٌ تَحْتَ الأرْض бункер bunkr beskyttelsesrum; bunker der Bunker καταφύγιο búnker varjend پناهگاه زیرزمینی bunkkeri abri (anti-nucléaire) מִקְלָט तहघर bunker bunker lubang perlindungan neðanjarðarbyrgi bunker 防空壕 엄폐호 bunkeris, slėptuvė bunkurs; slēptuve tempat menyimpan senjata bunker bunker bunkier abrigo buncăr (antinuclear) бункер bunker zaklonišče bunker bunker หลุมหลบภัย yeraltı sığınağı 地下掩體或碉堡 бункер, бліндаж خندق ، پناہ boongke


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He could not see it, the inside of the bunker coated with coal-dust being perfectly and impenetrably black; but he heard it sliding and clattering, and striking here and there, always in the neighbourhood of his head.
From Valparaiso he had gone to Australia, light, a matter of six thousand miles on end with a stormy passage and running short of bunker coal.
Clara was making a rosary of beads for a little figure of a Sister of Charity, who was to attend the Bunker Hill fair and lend her aid in erecting the Monument.
 
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