bunker

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See also: Bunker and búnker

English[edit]

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Etymology[edit]

The military sense of the word was imported from German into English during World War II. Other senses came from Scots, possibly related to bunk.

Pronunciation[edit]

  • (US) IPA(key): /ˈbʌŋkɚ/
  • Audio (AU)
    		(file)
  • Rhymes: -ʌŋkə(r)

Noun[edit]

bunker (plural bunkers)

A tank locomotive running bunker first at the head of a train at Llandudno Junction, Wales (sense 4)
A bunker on a golf course (sense 5)
  1. (military) A hardened shelter, often buried partly or fully underground, designed to protect the inhabitants from falling bombs or other attacks.
  2. (Britain) A large container or bin for storing coal, often built outside in the yard of a house. Now rare, as different types of fuels and energy sources are being used.
  3. (nautical) A container for storing coal or fuel oil for a ship's engine. [Also, by extension] the quantity of fuel needed to replenish that container.
  4. (rail transport) the coal compartment on a tank engine.
    • 1939 September, D. S. Barrie, “The Railways of South Wales”, in Railway Magazine, page 161:
      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.
  5. (golf) A sand-filled hollow on a golf course.
  6. (paintball) An obstacle used to block an opposing player's view and field of fire.
  7. (Scotland) A sort of chest or box, as in a window, the lid of which serves for a seat.
    (Can we find and add a quotation of Jamieson to this entry?)
  8. (Scotland, slang) A kitchen worktop.
  9. (Britain, slang) One who bunks off; a truant from school.
  10. Certain fish, menhaden.

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Translations[edit]

truant — see truant
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Verb[edit]

bunker (third-person singular simple present bunkers, present participle bunkering, simple past and past participle bunkered)

  1. (nautical) To load a vessel with oil or coal for the engine.
  2. (golf) To hit a golf ball into a bunker.
  3. (paintball) To fire constantly at a hiding opponent, preventing them from firing at other players and trapping them behind the barrier. This can also refer to eliminating an opponent behind cover by rushing the position and firing at extremely close range as the player becomes exposed.

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Dutch[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Borrowed from English bunker.

Pronunciation[edit]

Noun[edit]

bunker m (plural bunkers, diminutive bunkertje n)

  1. bunker (low-lying fortification built into the landscape)
    Synonym: kazemat
  2. (golf) bunker (hole with a surface of sand or dirt, placed on a golf course as a barrier)
  3. bunker, cargo hold, storage room

Derived terms[edit]

Descendants[edit]

  • → Indonesian: bunker

French[edit]

Etymology 1[edit]

Borrowed from German Bunker

Pronunciation[edit]

  • IPA(key): /buŋ.kɛʁ/, /buŋ.kœʁ/

Noun[edit]

bunker m (plural bunkers)

  1. (military) bunker

Etymology 2[edit]

Borrowed from English bunker

Pronunciation[edit]

Noun[edit]

bunker m (plural bunkers)

  1. (golf) bunker

Further reading[edit]

Indonesian[edit]

Indonesian Wikipedia has an article on:
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Etymology[edit]

From Dutch bunker, from English bunker, from German Bunker.

Pronunciation[edit]

  • IPA(key): [ˈbʊŋkər]
  • Hyphenation: bung‧kêr

Noun[edit]

bunker (plural bunker-bunker, first-person possessive bunkerku, second-person possessive bunkermu, third-person possessive bunkernya)

  1. bunker
    1. (military) a hardened shelter, often buried partly or fully underground, designed to protect the inhabitants from falling bombs or other attacks.
    2. (nautical) a container for storing coal or fuel oil for a ship's engine.

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Further reading[edit]

Norwegian Bokmål[edit]

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Etymology 1[edit]

Noun[edit]

bunker m

  1. indefinite plural of bunke

Etymology 2[edit]

From English bunker

Noun[edit]

bunker m (definite singular bunkeren, indefinite plural bunkere, definite plural bunkerne)

  1. bunker (storage for fuel on a ship)
  2. bunker (reinforced shelter)
  3. bunker (on a golf course)
Derived terms[edit]
Related terms[edit]
  • bunkers (fuel oil, military bunker)

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Norwegian Nynorsk[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From English bunker

Noun[edit]

bunker m (definite singular bunkeren, indefinite plural bunkerar, definite plural bunkerane)

  1. bunker (storage for fuel on a ship)
  2. bunker (reinforced shelter)
  3. bunker (on a golf course)

Derived terms[edit]

Related terms[edit]

  • bunkers (fuel oil, militsry bunker)

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Portuguese[edit]

Noun[edit]

bunker m (plural bunkeres)

  1. bunker

Serbo-Croatian[edit]

Pronunciation[edit]

  • IPA(key): /bǔnker/
  • Hyphenation: bun‧ker

Noun[edit]

bùnker m (Cyrillic spelling бу̀нкер)

  1. bunker (hardened shelter)
  2. bunker (container for storing coal or fuel oil for a ship's engine)

Declension[edit]

Declension of bunker
singular plural
nominative bunker bunkeri
genitive bunkera bunkera
dative bunkeru bunkerima
accusative bunker bunkere
vocative bunkeru bunkeri
locative bunkeru bunkerima
instrumental bunkerom bunkerima

Spanish[edit]

Noun[edit]

bunker m (plural bunkers)

  1. bunker
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