bunker
Short definition from Wiktionary
Noun
- A hardened shelter, often partly buried or fully underground, designed to protect the inhabitants from falling bombs or other attacks.
- A compartment for storing coal for the ship's boilers; or a tank for storing fuel oil for the ship's engines.
- The coal compartment on a tank engine; it can also refer to that on a tender engine.
- Ellipsis of bunker oil (usually plural).
- A hazard on a golf course consisting of a sand-filled hollow.
- An obstacle used to block an opposing player's view and field of fire.
- A large bin or container for storing coal, often built outdoors in the yard of a house.
- A sort of box or chest, as in a window, the lid of which serves as a seat.
- A kitchen worktop.
- One who bunks off; a truant from school.
- The menhaden, any of several species of fish in the genera Brevoortia and Ethmidium.
Verb
- To load (a vessel) with coal or fuel oil for the engine.
- To take a load of coal or fuel oil for its engine.
- To steal bunker fuel by illicitly siphoning it off.
- 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.
- 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: To place (someone) in a position that is difficult to get out of; to hinder.
- 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.
- Often followed by down: to take shelter in a bunker or other place.
Proper noun
- A surname.
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