1
: a bin or compartment for storage
especially
: one on shipboard for the ship's fuel
2
a
: a protective embankment or dugout
especially
: a fortified chamber mostly below ground often built of reinforced concrete and provided with embrasures
b
: a sand trap or embankment constituting a hazard on a golf course
Examples of bunker in a Sentence
Noun
The ammunition is stored in concrete bunkers.
Verb
She bunkered her tee shot.
They bunkered just enough coal to get them to the port.
Recent Examples on the Web
Dan Kaufman, The New Yorker, 9 May 2024
Oklahoma's State Emergency Operations Center, which coordinates storm response from a bunker near the state capital of Oklahoma City, was still activated from last weekend's deadly storms.
—CBS News, 8 May 2024
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Noun
Don Chafin, the sheriff of Logan County, whose salary was paid by the coal companies, set up concrete bunkers, trenches, and machine-gun nests to block the route of the march.
—Dan Kaufman, The New Yorker, 9 May 2024
Oklahoma's State Emergency Operations Center, which coordinates storm response from a bunker near the state capital of Oklahoma City, was still activated from last weekend's deadly storms.
—CBS News, 8 May 2024
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“Bunker.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/bunker. Accessed 15 May. 2024.
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