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Synonyms for bunker

Grammar : Noun
Spell : buhng-ker
Phonetic Transcription : ˈbʌŋ kər

Définition of bunker

Origin :
  • 1758, originally Scottish, "seat, bench," of uncertain origin, possibly a variant of banker "bench" (1670s; see bank (n.2)); possibly from a Scandinavian source (cf. Old Swedish bunke "boards used to protect the cargo of a ship"). Of golf courses, first recorded 1824, from extended sense "earthen seat" (1805); meaning "dug-out fortification" probably is from World War I.
  • noun underground shelter
  • noun hazard on a golf course
Example sentences :
  • See the great ball which they roll from Baltimore to Bunker hill!
  • Extract from : « Essays, Second Series » by Ralph Waldo Emerson
  • In the nave of the cathedral are two English battle-flags that were at Bunker Hill.
  • Extract from : « England, Picturesque and Descriptive » by Joel Cook
  • He sustained us at Bunker Hill, and we should have held it if our powder had not given out.
  • Extract from : « Our Young Folks, Vol 1, No. 1 » by Various
  • It is with reason, then, that Boston still celebrates Bunker Hill.
  • Extract from : « The Siege of Boston » by Allen French
  • Before Bunker Hill, every one of them who could leave Boston had done so.
  • Extract from : « The Siege of Boston » by Allen French
  • At Bunker Hill he had shown the army that he could be brave on the battlefield.
  • Extract from : « Daughters of the Revolution and Their Times » by Charles Carleton Coffin
  • He did what he could to defeat your excellency at Bunker Hill.
  • Extract from : « Daughters of the Revolution and Their Times » by Charles Carleton Coffin
  • Patterson should have been attacked upon the fifteenth at Bunker Hill.
  • Extract from : « The Long Roll » by Mary Johnston
  • He crossed behind Bart, inspecting the fastenings of the bunker.
  • Extract from : « The Colors of Space » by Marion Zimmer Bradley
  • "I'm glad you rescued him," said Mrs. Bunker to the stranger.
  • Extract from : « Six Little Bunkers at Uncle Fred's » by Laura Lee Hope

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