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Synonyms for bunker
ˈbʌŋ kərbunker

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Princeton's WordNet3.0 / 2 votes

  1. bunker, sand trap, trapnoun

    a hazard on a golf course

    Synonyms:
    trap, cakehole, lying in wait, sand trap, yap, dugout, ambuscade, snare, hole, gob, ambush, maw

  2. bunkernoun

    a large container for storing fuel

    "the ship's bunkers were full of coal"

    Synonyms:
    sand trap, trap, dugout

  3. bunker, dugoutverb

    a fortification of earth; mostly or entirely below ground

    Synonyms:
    pirogue, dugout canoe, sand trap, trap, dugout

  4. bunkerverb

    hit a golf ball into a bunker

  5. bunkerverb

    fill (a ship's bunker) with coal or oil

  6. bunkerverb

    transfer cargo from a ship to a warehouse

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Dictionary of English Synonymes0.0 / 0 votes

  1. bunkernoun

    Synonyms:
    bin, crib

Synonyms, Antonyms & Associated Words0.0 / 0 votes

  1. bunkernoun

    Synonyms:
    bin, receptacle, crib

PPDB, the paraphrase database0.0 / 0 votes

  1. List of paraphrases for "bunker":

    pillbox, hatch, bunkering, lockdown, blockhouse, fuel

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Words popularity by usage frequency

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#2063fuel
#2966hole
#7583trap
#11770hatch
#17995bunker
#22436snare
#29441ambush
#31514dugout
#31610lockdown
#33394yap
#40312maw
#45726gob
#101697pillbox
#122574blockhouse
#125834bunkering
#223063pirogue
#288660ambuscade

How to use bunker in a sentence?

  1. Daniel Steres ':

    Just a bad clearance spun off my head, fell right to their guy and quite a finish, we were just trying to bunker down and see out the end of the game.

  2. Cameron Smith:

    I’d be lying if I didn’t push it a little bit, i was trying to hit it over the bunker there and hold it up against the wind. The wind didn’t really do much for maybe three quarters of the shot, and it held it up right there at the end. That was just awesome.

  3. Prince Ali:

    It is a bunker, three floors underground, and for me that is not the vision that one should have for that organization, there is a problem where minutes are not published. And even when they are received they are not accurate, in my opinion.

  4. Ariya Jutanugarn:

    Some holes I really have to hit like two-iron off the tee or three-iron because the fairway is pretty narrow and you don't want to put yourself in the bunker.

  5. Doug Thornell:

    Not every single executive would've done it. There are very recent examples of executives who would've essentially climbed into a bunker and not answer every question.


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