bunker
noun
[ ˈbʌŋkə ]
• a large container or compartment for storing fuel.
• "a coal bunker"
• a reinforced underground shelter, typically for use in wartime.
• a hollow filled with sand, used as an obstacle on a golf course.
bunker
verb
• fill the fuel containers of (a ship); refuel.
• (of a player) have one's ball lodged in a bunker.
• "he was bunkered at the fifth hole"
• take refuge in a bunker or other shelter.
• "his family had bunkered down inside their home"
Origin:
mid 16th century (originally Scots, denoting a seat or bench): perhaps related to bunk1.
