[syn: bunker, dugout]
VERB (3)
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;
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Bunker \Bun"ker\, n. [Scot. bunker, bunkart, a bench, or low
chest, serving for a seat. Cf. Bunk, Bank, Bench.]
[1913 Webster]
1. A sort of chest or box, as in a window, the lid of which
serves for a seat. [Scot.] --Jamieson.
[1913 Webster]
2. A large bin or similar receptacle; as, a coal bunker.
[1913 Webster]
3. A small sand hole or pit, as on a golf course. [Scot.]
--Sir W. Scott.
[Webster 1913 Suppl.]
4. (Golf) Hence, any rough hazardous ground on the links;
also, an artificial hazard with built-up faces.
[Webster 1913 Suppl.]
5. (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.
[PJC]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Bunker \Bun"ker\, v. t. (Golf)
To drive (the ball) into a bunker.
[Webster 1913 Suppl.]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
bunker
n 1: a hazard on a golf course [syn: bunker, sand trap,
trap]
2: a large container for storing fuel; "the ship's bunkers were
full of coal"
3: a fortification of earth; mostly or entirely below ground
[syn: bunker, dugout]
v 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
Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0:
148 Moby Thesaurus words for "bunker":
abri, acropolis, air-raid shelter, antre, approach trench,
archives, armory, arsenal, attic, bank, basement, bastion, bay,
beachhead, bin, blockhouse, bomb shelter, bombproof,
bonded warehouse, bookcase, box, bridgehead, burrow, buttery,
cargo dock, castle, cave, cavern, cellar, cellarage, chest,
citadel, closet, coal bin, communication trench, concealment,
conservatory, control center, countermine, coupure, cove, cover,
covert, coverture, crate, crib, cupboard, cyclone cellar,
depository, depot, ditch, dock, donjon, double sap, drawer, dugout,
dump, earth, entrenchment, exchequer, fallout shelter, fasthold,
fastness, fire trench, flying sap, fort, fortified tunnel,
fortress, fosse, foxhole, funk hole, gallery, garrison,
garrison house, glory hole, godown, grot, grotto, hold, hole,
hutch, impact area, keep, lair, library, locker, lumber room,
lumberyard, magasin, magazine, martello, martello tower, mine,
moat, mote, motte, parallel, peel, peel tower, pillbox, post,
potato cellar, proving ground, rack, radar tracking station, rath,
repertory, repository, reservoir, rick, safehold, safety zone, sap,
sewer, shelf, shelter, slit trench, stack, stack room, stock room,
storage, store, storehouse, storeroom, storm cave, storm cellar,
strong point, stronghold, subbasement, subterrane, subway,
supply base, supply depot, tank, tower, tower of strength,
tracking station, treasure house, treasure room, treasury, trench,
tunnel, vat, vault, ward, warehouse, warren, wine cellar
U.S. Gazetteer Places (2000):
Bunker, MO -- U.S. city in Missouri
Population (2000): 427
Housing Units (2000): 196
Land area (2000): 0.645179 sq. miles (1.671007 sq. km)
Water area (2000): 0.000000 sq. miles (0.000000 sq. km)
Total area (2000): 0.645179 sq. miles (1.671007 sq. km)
FIPS code: 09694
Located within: Missouri (MO), FIPS 29
Location: 37.455356 N, 91.210317 W
ZIP Codes (1990): 63629
Note: some ZIP codes may be omitted esp. for suburbs.
Headwords:
Bunker, MO
Bunker