Meaning of Bunker | Babel Free

Definitions

1. A hardened shelter, often partly buried or fully underground, designed to protect the inhabitants from falling bombs or other attacks.
2. One who bunks off; a truant from school.
   British, slang
3. The menhaden, any of several species of fish in the genera Brevoortia and Ethmidium.
   US, regional
4. A surname.
5. A compartment for storing coal for the ship's boilers; or a tank for storing fuel oil for the ship's engines.
6. The coal compartment on a tank engine; it can also refer to that on a tender engine.
7. Ellipsis of bunker oil (usually plural).
   abbreviation, alt-of, ellipsis
8. A hazard on a golf course consisting of a sand-filled hollow.
9. An obstacle used to block an opposing player's view and field of fire.
10. A large bin or container for storing coal, often built outdoors in the yard of a house.
    British, historical
11. A sort of box or chest, as in a window, the lid of which serves as a seat.
    Scotland
12. A kitchen worktop.
    Scotland, slang

Equivalents

Examples

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

“Among tank engines, the 0-6-2 wheel arrangement was by far the most numerous, there being nearly 450 of this arrangement, which offers the advantage of good power and adhesive weight, coupled with adequate tank and bunker capacity, within a limited compass.”

“The bunkers of these engines hold enough coal for one round journey of 120½ miles, and water is taken in each direction at Hexham.”

“The superstructure of the tender is modified by the removal of the side raves, and compartments for the fire-irons are formed on each side of the coal bunker.”

“The vessel is taking on bunkers.”

“[Letter X, page 204] At length I came within sight of them, three in number, where they sat cosily niched, into what you might call a bunker, a little sand-pit, dry and snug, and surrounded by its banks, and a screen of whins in full bloom. […] [Letter XI, page 223] And are ye in the wont of drawing up wi' all the gangrel bodies that ye meet on the high road, or find cowering in a sand-bunker upon the links?”

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

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

“There was no seat accommodated him so well as the "bunker" at Woodend, and no face he loved so much to gaze on as Jeanie Deans's.”

“Ten hours of footage revealed the young [shark's] habits, such as diving for squid up to 150 feet deep, then moving closer to shore to feast on huge schools of bunker fish.”

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