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WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)

n
1: a hazard on a golf course [syn: bunker, sand trap, trap]
2: a large container for storing fuel; "the ship's bunkers were full of coal"
3: a fortification of earth; mostly or entirely below ground [syn: bunker, dugout] v
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

Merriam Webster's

biographical name Ellsworth 1894-1984 American diplomat

Merriam Webster's

I. noun Etymology: Scots bonker chest, box Date: 1839 1. a bin or compartment for storage; especially one on shipboard for the ship's fuel 2. a. a protective embankment or dugout; especially a fortified chamber mostly below ground often built of reinforced concrete and provided with embrasures b. a sand trap or embankment constituting a hazard on a golf course • bunkered adjective II. verb (bunkered; bunkering) Date: 1891 intransitive verb to fill a ship's bunker with coal or oil transitive verb 1. to place or store in a bunker 2. to hit (a golf ball or shot) into a bunker

Oxford Reference Dictionary

n. & v. --n. 1 a large container or compartment for storing fuel. 2 a reinforced underground shelter, esp. for use in wartime. 3 a hollow filled with sand, used as an obstacle in a golf-course. --v.tr. 1 fill the fuel bunkers of (a ship etc.). 2 (usu. in passive) a trap in a bunker (in sense 3). b bring into difficulties. Etymology: 19th c.: orig. unkn.

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Bunker Bun"ker, n. 1. A small sand hole or pit, as on a golf course. [Scot.] --Sir W. Scott. 2. (Golf) Hence, any rough hazardous ground on the links; also, an artificial hazard with built-up faces.

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Bunker Bun"ker, v. t. (Golf) To drive (the ball) into a bunker.

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Bunker Bun"ker, n. [Scot. bunker, bunkart, a bench, or low chest, serving for a seat. Cf. Bunk, Bank, Bench.] 1. A sort of chest or box, as in a window, the lid of which serves for a seat. [Scot.] --Jamieson. 2. A large bin or similar receptacle; as, a coal bunker.

Collin's Cobuild Dictionary

(bunkers) 1. A bunker is a place, usually underground, that has been built with strong walls to protect it against heavy gunfire and bombing. ...an extensive network of fortified underground bunkers. N-COUNT 2. A bunker is a container for coal or other fuel. N-COUNT 3. On a golf course, a bunker is a large area filled with sand, which is deliberately put there as an obstacle that golfers must try to avoid. N-COUNT

Soule's Dictionary of English Synonyms

n. Bin, crib.

Moby Thesaurus

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