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UK
/bˈʌŋkɐ/
]
[ US /ˈbəŋkɝ/ ]
[ US /ˈbəŋkɝ/ ]
NOUN
- a fortification of earth; mostly or entirely below ground
-
a large container for storing fuel
the ship's bunkers were full of coal - a hazard on a golf course
VERB
- transfer cargo from a ship to a warehouse
- fill (a ship's bunker) with coal or oil
- hit a golf ball into a bunker
How To Use bunker In A Sentence
- It also has superb golf courses, so if you're a bit of a golf widow, leave him to tussle in the bunker while you slink off to the spa - it's connected to the hotel by a subterranean tunnel.
- Carried by B-52 bombers, the "bunker busters" used five parachutes to land softly on their targets before detonating a nine megaton explosion, in effect simulating an earthquake.
- Sure, a number of trees remain, but the emphasis is back on the bunkering and the dramatic contours of its fairways and greens.
- The left side of the fairway is preferred, short of three bunkers that stretch across at 328 yards. USATODAY.com - Open history at St. George's plus a hole-by-hole glance
- Here retired US diplomat Ellsworth Bunker drew up a plan to transfer the administrative authority for West Papua from the Netherlands to a neutral administrator, and thence to Indonesia.
- He reeled off six consecutive pars before taking bogey from a greenside bunker at No. 8. USATODAY.com - Goosen ganders second U.S. Open victory
- Her rally faltered momentarily when she bunkered her second to lose the 12th to go two down again, but promptly birdied the long fifth with two big hits on to the green and the 14th after an approach shot to within seven feet of the flag.
- Tours of the park outside with a bunker in the grounds. Times, Sunday Times
- But the ball caromed off a tree and bounced back into a bunker, leaving a shot at the green.
- Bunker is chic and arty without being too pretentious, and its friendly, laid-back vibe is infectious.