BUNKER

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does bunker mean? 

• BUNKER (noun)
  The noun BUNKER has 3 senses:

1. a hazard on a golf course

2. a large container for storing fuel

3. a fortification of earth; mostly or entirely below ground

  Familiarity information: BUNKER used as a noun is uncommon.

• BUNKER (verb)
  The verb BUNKER has 3 senses:

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

  Familiarity information: BUNKER used as a verb is uncommon.

 Dictionary entry details 

• BUNKER (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A hazard on a golf course

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Synonyms:

bunker; sand trap; trap

Hypernyms ("bunker" is a kind of...):

hazard (an obstacle on a golf course)

Holonyms ("bunker" is a part of...):

golf course; links course (course consisting of a large landscaped area for playing golf)

Derivation:

bunker (hit a golf ball into a bunker)

Sense 2

Meaning:

A large container for storing fuel

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Context example:

the ship's bunkers were full of coal

Hypernyms ("bunker" is a kind of...):

container (any object that can be used to hold things (especially a large metal boxlike object of standardized dimensions that can be loaded from one form of transport to another))

Sense 3

Meaning:

A fortification of earth; mostly or entirely below ground

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Synonyms:

bunker; dugout

Hypernyms ("bunker" is a kind of...):

fortification; munition (defensive structure consisting of walls or mounds built around a stronghold to strengthen it)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "bunker"):

fox hole; foxhole (a small dugout with a pit for individual shelter against enemy fire)

funk hole (dugout as a place of safe retreat (when in a funk))

• BUNKER (verb)

Present simple: I / you / we / they bunker    ... he / she / it bunkers   
Past simple: bunkered   
Past participle: bunkered   
-ing form: bunkering   

Sense 1

Meaning:

Hit a golf ball into a bunker

Classified under:

Verbs of touching, hitting, tying, digging

Hypernyms (to "bunker" is one way to...):

hit (cause to move by striking)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s something

Derivation:

bunker (a hazard on a golf course)

Sense 2

Meaning:

Fill (a ship's bunker) with coal or oil

Classified under:

Verbs of buying, selling, owning

Hypernyms (to "bunker" is one way to...):

fuel (provide with a combustible substance that provides energy)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s something

Sense 3

Meaning:

Transfer cargo from a ship to a warehouse

Classified under:

Verbs of walking, flying, swimming

Hypernyms (to "bunker" is one way to...):

shift; transfer (move around)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s something

 Context examples 

To obtain information on the status of bat colonies, biologists visit subterranean habitats where bats hibernate during winter—caves, mines, old war bunkers, anywhere that's dark, cool, moist and protected from harsh winds and freezing temperatures.

(Hibernation season over, will disease-ridden bats emerge from caves and mines this spring?, NSF)