bunker
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noun (English)
1. (military) A hardened shelter, often partly buried or fully underground, designed to protect the inhabitants from falling bombs or other attacks.Examples: "The military built a bunker to help evacuate the citizens safely from the bombings."
2. (nautical) A compartment for storing coal for the ship's boilers; or a tank for storing fuel oil for the ship's engines.
3. (rail transport) The coal compartment on a tank engine; it can also refer to that on a tender engine.Examples: "Among tank engines, the 0-6-2 wheel arrangement was by far the most numerous, there being nearly 450 of this arrangement, which offers the advantage of good power and adhesive weight, coupled with adequate tank and bunker capacity, within a limited compass."; "The bunkers of these engines hold enough coal for one round journey of 120½ miles, and water is taken in each direction at Hexham."; "The superstructure of the tender is modified by the removal of the side raves, and compartments for the fire-irons are formed on each side of the coal bunker."
4. (sports)Examples: "[Letter X, page 204] At length I came within sight of them, three in number, where they sat cosily niched, into what you might call a bunker, a little sand-pit, dry and snug, and surrounded by its banks, and a screen of whins in full bloom. […] [Letter XI, page 223] And are ye in the wont of drawing up wi' all the gangrel bodies that ye meet on the high road, or find cowering in a sand-bunker upon the links?"
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6. (British, chiefly historical) A large bin or container for storing coal, often built outdoors in the yard of a house.Examples: "There used to be a coal bunker at the back of the house - it was demolished years ago."Britishhistorical
verb (English)
1. (nautical)transitive
2. (nautical)intransitive
3. (nautical)Nigeriatransitive
4. (transitive, golf) To hit (a golf ball) into a bunker; (chiefly passive voice) to place (a golfer) in the position of having a golf ball in a bunker.transitive
5. (transitive, golf) To hit (a golf ball) into a bunker; (chiefly passive voice) to place (a golfer) in the position of having a golf ball in a bunker.Examples: "Proteus. Or we resign and tell the country that we cant carry on the King's Government under conditions which destroy our responsibility. / Balbus. Thatll do it. He couldnt face that. / Crassus. Yes: thatll bunker him."UKidiomaticinformaltransitive
6. (transitive, paintball) To fire constantly at (an opponent hiding behind an obstacle), trapping them and preventing them from firing at other players; also, to eliminate (an opponent behind an obstacle) by rushing to the position and firing at extremely close range as the player becomes exposed.transitive
noun (English)
1. (British, slang) One who bunks off; a truant from school.Britishslang
noun (English)
1. (US, regional) The menhaden, any of several species of fish in the genera Brevoortia and Ethmidium.Examples: "Ten hours of footage revealed the young [shark's] habits, such as diving for squid up to 150 feet deep, then moving closer to shore to feast on huge schools of bunker fish."USregional
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