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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Gabby Herzig, The Athletic, 24 Feb. 2025
Produced by Disney’s 20th Television, the political thriller is set in the serene community of Paradise inhabited by some of the world’s most prominent individuals who — spoiler alert — are among the 25,000 residents living in a bunker following an apocalyptic event.
—Jennifer Maas, Variety, 20 Feb. 2025
John Bacon, USA TODAY, 22 Jan. 2025
Fact check: Video shows Benjamin Netanyahu running in 2021, not fleeing to bunker in 2024
The X post seen in the Instagram post does not provide evidence supporting the claim that the head of Netanyahu's medical team announced he had been diagnosed with prostate cancer.
—Andre Byik, USA TODAY, 1 Jan. 2025
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Noun
Instead of capitalizing on the opportunity, Potgieter’s attempt to reach the par-5 18th hole in two left him short of the green, in a bunker.
—Gabby Herzig, The Athletic, 24 Feb. 2025
Produced by Disney’s 20th Television, the political thriller is set in the serene community of Paradise inhabited by some of the world’s most prominent individuals who — spoiler alert — are among the 25,000 residents living in a bunker following an apocalyptic event.
—Jennifer Maas, Variety, 20 Feb. 2025
Verb
As the snow fell and his family bunkered down, his young siblings relished the first.
—John Bacon, USA TODAY, 22 Jan. 2025
Fact check: Video shows Benjamin Netanyahu running in 2021, not fleeing to bunker in 2024
The X post seen in the Instagram post does not provide evidence supporting the claim that the head of Netanyahu's medical team announced he had been diagnosed with prostate cancer.
—Andre Byik, USA TODAY, 1 Jan. 2025
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“Bunker.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/bunker. Accessed 3 Mar. 2025.
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