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   bunker

   /ˈbʌŋkə/

   noun

   • 1. a large container or compartment for storing fuel: "a coal bunker"
   • 2. a reinforced underground shelter, typically for use in wartime.
   • 3. a hollow filled with sand, used as an obstacle on a golf course.

   verb

   • 1. fill the fuel containers of (a ship); refuel.
   • 2. (of a player) have one's ball lodged in a bunker: "he was bunkered at the fifth hole"
   • ▪ hit (the ball) into a bunker: "he bunkered his second shot"
   • ▪ cause difficulties to; hinder the progress of: informal British "he may find his new sporting pursuits bunkered by activities he hadn't planned on"
   • 3. take refuge in a bunker or other shelter: "his family had bunkered down inside their home"

   Word Origin mid 16th century (originally Scots, denoting a seat or bench): perhaps related to bunk1.

   Scrabble Points: 12

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