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.
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Hazlitt, 23 Oct. 2024
Kaufman had been in Kiev in the weeks leading up to Russia’s invasion and had been in the bunker with the Ukrainian leader during the perilous first days of the conflict.
—Tatiana Siegel, Variety, 19 Oct. 2024
Daniel Sperry, Kansas City Star, 18 Apr. 2024
Often, Webster bunkered in her room, even when her bandmates went to eat.
—Dani Blum, San Diego Union-Tribune, 14 Apr. 2024
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Noun
The women in the bunker have some memory of life before captivity, but the girl does not.
—Hazlitt, 23 Oct. 2024
Kaufman had been in Kiev in the weeks leading up to Russia’s invasion and had been in the bunker with the Ukrainian leader during the perilous first days of the conflict.
—Tatiana Siegel, Variety, 19 Oct. 2024
Verb
This is a trend that Sporting KC must buck, but Vermes doesn’t think his team needs to bunker in.
—Daniel Sperry, Kansas City Star, 18 Apr. 2024
Often, Webster bunkered in her room, even when her bandmates went to eat.
—Dani Blum, San Diego Union-Tribune, 14 Apr. 2024
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“Bunker.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/bunker. Accessed 22 Nov. 2024.
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