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Meanings of bunker in English

Portuguese
casamata
Catalan
búnker
Spanish
fosa

A hazard on a golf course.

casamata
Catalan
bunquer
Spanish
búnker

A fortification of earth; mostly or entirely below ground.

bunquer
Synonyms
Examples for "dugout"
Examples for "dugout"
1
Nesis had been carried back in one dugout, Ambrose in the other.
The Fur Bringers: A Story of the Canadian Northwest
2
I went with him and found the dugout, which was very good.
A Farewell to Arms
3
Three trips up and down the hill conveyed it to the dugout.
Two on the Trail: A Story of the Far Northwest
4
The sergeant and I rushed into the ruins of our machine-gun dugout.
Kitchener's Mob: Adventures of an American in the British Army
5
With a wild yell it burst the door of the dugout open.
The Way of the Wind
Usage of bunker in English
1
There could still be months when bunker demand is good, he said.
Reuters
2
She was found inside a World War II bunker six days later.
Radio NZ
3
I thought you said your grandfather built this bunker in the 1930s?'
The Secret Crown (2010)
4
He had nothing that could power a cold bunker for that long.
The Doors of His Face, The Lamps of His Mouth
5
The Nkandla bunker has been subject to much speculation over the years.
The South African
6
One thing our new house did not have was a Marley-proof bunker.
Marley & me: life and love with the world's worst dog
7
Within the Separatist leadership bunker's control center were dozens of combat droids.
Star Wars Episode III: Revenge of the Sith
8
This is probably the one the president used to enter the bunker.
Transfer of power
9
The match was also previewing the new NRL video referee bunker system.
The Guardian
10
No lights shone from the brooding bunker that was the main house.
Devil Bones
11
They mistakenly dropped a thirty-thousand-pound bunker-buster bomb not far from Luxor, Egypt.
Wild Storm
12
Even in the bunker at the tenth she'd be seeing that cigar.
Mufti
13
He had placed a strong emphasis on bunker practice before round four.
The Guardian
14
I thought immediately of the bunker where the cats had been feasting.
The forgotten soldier
15
Producers and announcers regularly took cover in a special air raid bunker.
BBC
16
That's all given by the bunker because of the guess on field.
News.com.au
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Translations for bunker
Portuguese
casamata
Bunker through the time
Bunker across language varieties
Australia
Common
Ireland
Common
United States of America
Common
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