bunker
bunker
Definition
bunker (buŋ′kər)
noun
- a large bin or tank, as for a ship's fuel
- an underground fortification of steel and concrete containing a bomb shelter, weapon emplacement, etc., that is often part of a system
- a sand trap or other barren area serving as a hazard on a golf course
Etymology: Scot < ?
transitive verb
- to supply (a ship) with fuel
- Golf to hit (a ball) into a bunker
bunker
Synonyms
bunker
Usage Examples
Converse of subject
- guard: Putting surfaces are good, but most of the greens are well guarded by deep bunkers.
- protect: The majority of greens are raised & well protected by bunkers.
Converse of object
- bury: We watch from within our concealed bunker buried deep within the crust.
- destroy: These cannot move during the game, and if destroyed the bunker can not be reoccupied.
Adjective modifier
- underground: Id at least expect him to have some small underground bunker big enough to live in, not some hole in the ground.
- hardened: How do you think they can penetrate a steel hardened bunker with a bomb unit?
- concrete: The next port of call was the data center, buried ten meters down in an immense concrete bunker.
- prehistoric: Prehistoric bunker guards its secrets to the very end A massive prehistoric underground bunker - or souterrain - has been excavated near Dundee.
- nuclear: A secret nuclear bunker dating back to the Cold War.
- secret: A secret nuclear bunker dating back to the Cold War.
Modifies a noun
- buster: In October 2005, for the second year running, the US Congress refused to fund the ' bunker buster ' project.
- mentality: This is why pundits are talking now of a ' bunker mentality ' inside Number Ten.
- shot: Beyond these bunkers shots rolling off the edge of the green will finish up in or beyond a hollow.
- sand: ProSport Bunker Sand This offers an ideal solution to problems normally associated with conventional bunker sands.
Noun used with modifier
- greenside: The approach shot must be hit toward the right side of the green to avoid the greenside bunker.
- fairway: On the 13th hole she hit her drive into a fairway bunker.
- coal: There is no coal bunker, a small amount of coal being carried at the ends of the side tanks.
- wartime: One of the wartime guard bunkers can be seen to the right of the entrance.
- sand: It comes complete with a putting green, green felt fairways, a sand bunker, trees ( yes trees!
- pot: There are many well placed pot bunkers lying in wait to catch the errant shot.
