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BUNKER
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Dictionary entry overview: What does bunker mean?
• BUNKER (noun)
The noun BUNKER has 3 senses:
2. a large container for storing fuel
3. a fortification of earth; mostly or entirely below ground
Familiarity information: BUNKER used as a noun is uncommon.
• BUNKER (verb)
The verb BUNKER has 3 senses:
1. hit a golf ball into a bunker
2. fill (a ship's bunker) with coal or oil
3. transfer cargo from a ship to a warehouse
Familiarity information: BUNKER used as a verb is uncommon.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
A hazard on a golf course
Classified under:
Nouns denoting man-made objects
Synonyms:
Hypernyms ("bunker" is a kind of...):
hazard (an obstacle on a golf course)
Holonyms ("bunker" is a part of...):
golf course; links course (course consisting of a large landscaped area for playing golf)
Derivation:
bunker (hit a golf ball into a bunker)
Sense 2
Meaning:
A large container for storing fuel
Classified under:
Nouns denoting man-made objects
Context example:
the ship's bunkers were full of coal
Hypernyms ("bunker" is a kind of...):
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))
Sense 3
Meaning:
A fortification of earth; mostly or entirely below ground
Classified under:
Nouns denoting man-made objects
Synonyms:
bunker; dugout
Hypernyms ("bunker" is a kind of...):
fortification; munition (defensive structure consisting of walls or mounds built around a stronghold to strengthen it)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "bunker"):
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))
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Past simple: bunkered
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Past participle: bunkered
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-ing form: bunkering
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Sense 1
Meaning:
Hit a golf ball into a bunker
Classified under:
Verbs of touching, hitting, tying, digging
Hypernyms (to "bunker" is one way to...):
hit (cause to move by striking)
Sentence frame:
Somebody ----s something
Derivation:
bunker (a hazard on a golf course)
Sense 2
Meaning:
Fill (a ship's bunker) with coal or oil
Classified under:
Verbs of buying, selling, owning
Hypernyms (to "bunker" is one way to...):
fuel (provide with a combustible substance that provides energy)
Sentence frame:
Somebody ----s something
Sense 3
Meaning:
Transfer cargo from a ship to a warehouse
Classified under:
Verbs of walking, flying, swimming
Hypernyms (to "bunker" is one way to...):
Sentence frame:
Somebody ----s something
Context examples
To obtain information on the status of bat colonies, biologists visit subterranean habitats where bats hibernate during winter—caves, mines, old war bunkers, anywhere that's dark, cool, moist and protected from harsh winds and freezing temperatures.
(Hibernation season over, will disease-ridden bats emerge from caves and mines this spring?, NSF)
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