bunker

bunker
    n 1: a hazard on a golf course [syn: {bunker}, {sand trap},
         {trap}]
    2: a large container for storing fuel; "the ship's bunkers were
       full of coal"
    3: a fortification of earth; mostly or entirely below ground
       [syn: {bunker}, {dugout}]
    v 1: hit a golf ball into a bunker
    2: fill (a ship's bunker) with coal or oil
    3: transfer cargo from a ship to a warehouse
    

Bunker \Bun"ker\, n. [Scot. bunker, bunkart, a bench, or low
   chest, serving for a seat. Cf. {Bunk}, {Bank}, {Bench}.]
   [1913 Webster]
   1. A sort of chest or box, as in a window, the lid of which
      serves for a seat. [Scot.] --Jamieson.
      [1913 Webster]

   2. A large bin or similar receptacle; as, a coal bunker.
      [1913 Webster]

   3. A small sand hole or pit, as on a golf course. [Scot.]
      --Sir W. Scott.
      [Webster 1913 Suppl.]

   4. (Golf) Hence, any rough hazardous ground on the links;
      also, an artificial hazard with built-up faces.
      [Webster 1913 Suppl.]

   5. (Mil.) A fortified position dug into the ground,
      especially one which is closed on top and has protective
      walls and roof, e. g. of reinforced concrete. For
      defending positions it usually has windows to view the
      surrounding terrain, but as a safe location for planning
      operations or storage, a bunker may be completely
      underground with no direct access to the surface.
      [PJC]
    

Bunker \Bun"ker\, v. t. (Golf)
   To drive (the ball) into a bunker.
   [Webster 1913 Suppl.]
    

Bunker, MO (city, FIPS 9694)
  Location: 37.45745 N, 91.21153 W
  Population (1990): 390 (180 housing units)
  Area: 1.7 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
  Zip code(s): 63629
    

Bunker, MO -- U.S. city in Missouri
   Population (2000):    427
   Housing Units (2000): 196
   Land area (2000):     0.645179 sq. miles (1.671007 sq. km)
   Water area (2000):    0.000000 sq. miles (0.000000 sq. km)
   Total area (2000):    0.645179 sq. miles (1.671007 sq. km)
   FIPS code:            09694
   Located within:       Missouri (MO), FIPS 29
   Location:             37.455356 N, 91.210317 W
   ZIP Codes (1990):     63629
   Note: some ZIP codes may be omitted esp. for suburbs.
   Headwords:
    Bunker, MO
    Bunker
    

148 Moby Thesaurus words for "bunker":
      abri, acropolis, air-raid shelter, antre, approach trench,
      archives, armory, arsenal, attic, bank, basement, bastion, bay,
      beachhead, bin, blockhouse, bomb shelter, bombproof,
      bonded warehouse, bookcase, box, bridgehead, burrow, buttery,
      cargo dock, castle, cave, cavern, cellar, cellarage, chest,
      citadel, closet, coal bin, communication trench, concealment,
      conservatory, control center, countermine, coupure, cove, cover,
      covert, coverture, crate, crib, cupboard, cyclone cellar,
      depository, depot, ditch, dock, donjon, double sap, drawer, dugout,
      dump, earth, entrenchment, exchequer, fallout shelter, fasthold,
      fastness, fire trench, flying sap, fort, fortified tunnel,
      fortress, fosse, foxhole, funk hole, gallery, garrison,
      garrison house, glory hole, godown, grot, grotto, hold, hole,
      hutch, impact area, keep, lair, library, locker, lumber room,
      lumberyard, magasin, magazine, martello, martello tower, mine,
      moat, mote, motte, parallel, peel, peel tower, pillbox, post,
      potato cellar, proving ground, rack, radar tracking station, rath,
      repertory, repository, reservoir, rick, safehold, safety zone, sap,
      sewer, shelf, shelter, slit trench, stack, stack room, stock room,
      storage, store, storehouse, storeroom, storm cave, storm cellar,
      strong point, stronghold, subbasement, subterrane, subway,
      supply base, supply depot, tank, tower, tower of strength,
      tracking station, treasure house, treasure room, treasury, trench,
      tunnel, vat, vault, ward, warehouse, warren, wine cellar