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noun

Bunker n.

A sort of chest or box, as in a window, the lid of which serves for a seat. (Scot.)

A large bin or similar receptacle; as, a coal bunker.

A small sand hole or pit, as on a golf course. (Scot.)

(Golf) Hence, any rough hazardous ground on the links; also, an artificial hazard with built-up faces.

(Mil.) A fortified position dug into the ground, especially one which is closed on top and has protective walls and roof, e. g. of reinforced concrete. For defending positions it usually has windows to view the surrounding terrain, but as a safe location for planning operations or storage, a bunker may be completely underground with no direct access to the surface.

verb

Bunker v. t. (Golf) To drive (the ball) into a bunker.

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Etymology of 'Bunker'

Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48

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"Bunker" Quotes from Famous Books

... material occurrence to the time of my leaving Bordeaux, and sent duplicates by Captains Palmer, Bunker, and Seaver, one of which you will undoubtedly have received, before this comes to hand. I left that city on the last of June, and arrived here the Saturday following, having carefully attended to every thing in the manufacturing or commercial towns ...

— The Diplomatic Correspondence of the American Revolution, Vol. I • Various

... compartments open to the sea, and with more compartments open she could not stay afloat. As the side coal bunkers are regarded as compartments, the ship could not float with two boiler rooms flooded and also an adjacent bunker, and, therefore, the damage done by one torpedo was ...

— World's War Events, Vol. I • Various

... There was not one hireling there. I have no doubt that it was a principle they fought for, as much as our ancestors, and not to avoid a three-penny tax on their tea; and the results of this battle will be as important and memorable to those whom it concerns as those of the battle of Bunker Hill, at least. ...

— Journeys Through Bookland, Vol. 7 • Charles H. Sylvester

... advance on Concord and Lexington, April 19, 1775, ordered his troops to fire on the Americans, was a Negro bearing arms. Peter Salem a Negro did service during the Revolution, and is said to have killed this same Major Pitcairn, at the battle of Bunker Hill. In some old engravings of the battle, Salem is pictured as occupying a prominent position. These pictures were carried on some of the currency of the Monumental bank of Charlestown, Massachusetts and the Freeman's ...

— History of the American Negro in the Great World War • W. Allison Sweeney

... not as silly and ignorant as we were at Bunker Hill, having learned something of authority and respect in these three years, and how necessary to discipline was a proper maintenance of rank. For once—though it seems incredible—men and officers were practically on a footing of ignorant ...

— The Hidden Children • Robert W. Chambers

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