Bunker
['bʌŋkə] or ['bʌŋkɚ]
Definition
(noun.) a hazard on a golf course.
(noun.) a fortification of earth; mostly or entirely below ground.
(noun.) a large container for storing fuel; 'the ship's bunkers were full of coal'.
(verb.) hit a golf ball into a bunker.
(verb.) transfer cargo from a ship to a warehouse.
(verb.) fill (a ship's bunker) with coal or oil.
Edited by Gene--From WordNet
Definition
(n.) A sort of chest or box, as in a window, the lid of which serves for a seat.
(n.) A large bin or similar receptacle; as, a coal bunker.
Inputed by Joe
Synonyms and Synonymous
n. Bin, crib.
Edited by Guthrie
Examples
- A cellar seven and a half feet high extends under the whole house, and will contain the boiler, wash-tubs, and coal-bunker. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
- It not infrequently takes place among heaps of rags, wool and cotton when sodden with oil; hay and straw when damp or moistened with water; and coal in the bunkers of vessels. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
Checked by Alissa