Bunker

Quick meaning: Bunker is a noun meaning (nautical) A compartment for storing coal for the ship's boilers; or a tank for storing fuel oil for the ship's engines.

Meaning

(nautical) A compartment for storing coal for the ship's boilers; or a tank for storing fuel oil for the ship's engines.

More Meanings

1. (rail transport) The coal compartment on a tank engine; it can also refer to that on a tender engine.
2. Ellipsis of bunker oil (usually plural).
3. A hazard on a golf course consisting of a sand-filled hollow.
4. An obstacle used to block an opposing player's view and field of fire.
5. (British, chiefly historical) A large bin or container for storing coal, often built outdoors in the yard of a house.
6. A sort of box or chest, as in a window, the lid of which serves as a seat.
7. (military) A hardened shelter, often partly buried or fully underground, designed to protect the inhabitants from falling bombs or other attacks.

Example Sentences

The vessel is taking on bunkers.

A winnock-bunker in the eaſt, / There ſat auld Nick, in ſhape o' beaſt; […]

The military built a bunker to help evacuate the citizens safely from the bombings.

There used to be a coal bunker at the back of the house - it was demolished years ago.

Word Forms

• bunkers
• bunkering
• bunkered

Synonyms for bunker

Depending on context, synonyms include trap, dugout.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include dugout, trap, blockhouse, bulwark, fortress, fort.

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