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Word: Bunker
Speech Type: Noun
mid 16th century (originally Scots, denoting a seat or bench): perhaps related to bunk
ˈbʌŋkə
a large container or compartment for storing fuel
Short Definition:container for fuel
Examples:- a coal bunker
a reinforced underground shelter, typically for use in wartime.
Short Definition:underground shelter
a hollow filled with sand, used as an obstacle on a golf course.
Short Definition:sand-filled hollow on golf course
Word: Bunker
Speech Type: Verb
ˈbʌŋkə
fill the fuel containers of (a ship); refuel.
Short Definition:refuel ship
(of a player) have one's ball lodged in a bunker
Short Definition:have ball in bunker
Examples:- he was bunkered at the fifth hole
take refuge in a bunker or other shelter
Short Definition:take refuge in bunker or other shelter
Examples:- his family had bunkered down inside their home
- the former Governor has spent four days bunkered down at Government House
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