bunker
noun
1 bunker
A hazard on a golf course.
Roget 191: receptacle; inclosure etc. 232; recipient, receiver, reservatory. compartment; cell, cellule; follicle; hole, corner, niche, recess, nook; crypt, stall, pigeonhole, cove, oriel; cave etc. (concavity) 252. capsule, vesicle, cyst, pod, calyx, cancelli, utricle, bladder; pericarp, udder. stomach, paunch, venter, ventricle, crop, craw, maw, gizzard, breadbasket; mouth. pocket, pouch, fob, sheath, scabbard, socket, bag, sac, sack, saccule, wallet, cardcase, scrip, poke, knit, knapsack, haversack, sachel, satchel, reticule, budget, net; ditty bag, ditty box; housewife, hussif; saddlebags; portfolio; quiver etc. (magazine) 636. chest, box, coffer, caddy, case, casket, pyx, pix, caisson, desk, bureau, reliquary; trunk, portmanteau, band-box, valise; grip, grip sack [U.S.]; skippet, vasculum; boot, imperial; vache; cage, manger, rack. vessel, vase, bushel, barrel; canister, jar; pottle, basket, pannier, buck-basket, hopper, maund†, creel, cran, crate, cradle, bassinet, wisket, whisket, jardiniere, corbeille, hamper, dosser, dorser, tray, hod, scuttle, utensil; brazier; cuspidor, spittoon. [For liquids] cistern etc. (store) 636; vat, caldron, barrel, cask, drum, puncheon, keg, rundlet, tun, butt, cag, firkin, kilderkin, carboy, amphora, bottle, jar, decanter, ewer, cruse, caraffe, crock, kit, canteen, flagon; demijohn; flask, flasket; stoup, noggin, vial, phial, cruet, caster; urn, epergne, salver, patella, tazza, patera; pig gin, big gin; tyg, nipperkin, pocket pistol; tub, bucket, pail, skeel, pot, tankard, jug, pitcher, mug, pipkin; galipot, gallipot; matrass, receiver, retort, alembic, bolthead, capsule, can, kettle; bowl, basin, jorum, punch bowl, cup, goblet, chalice, tumbler, glass, rummer, horn, saucepan, skillet, posnet†, tureen. [laboratory vessels for liquids] beaker, flask, Erlenmeyer flask, Florence flask, round-bottom flask, graduated cylinder, test tube, culture tube, pipette, Pasteur pipette, disposable pipette, syringe, vial, carboy, vacuum flask, Petri dish, microtiter tray, centrifuge tube. bail, beaker, billy, canakin; catch basin, catch drain; chatti, lota, mussuk, schooner [U.S.], spider, terrine, toby, urceus. plate, platter, dish, trencher, calabash, porringer, potager, saucer, pan, crucible; glassware, tableware; vitrics. compote, gravy boat, creamer, sugar bowl, butter dish, mug, pitcher, punch bowl, chafing dish. shovel, trowel, spoon, spatula, ladle, dipper, tablespoon, watch glass, thimble. closet, commode, cupboard, cellaret, chiffonniere, locker, bin, bunker, buffet, press, clothespress, safe, sideboard, drawer, chest of drawers, chest on chest, highboy, lowboy, till, scrutoire†, secretary, secretaire, davenport, bookcase, cabinet, canterbury; escritoire, etagere, vargueno, vitrine. chamber, apartment, room, cabin; office, court, hall, atrium; suite of rooms, apartment [U.S.], flat, story; saloon, salon, parlor; by-room, cubicle; presence chamber; sitting room, best room, keeping room, drawing room, reception room, state room; gallery, cabinet, closet; pew, box; boudoir; adytum, sanctum; bedroom, dormitory; refectory, dining room, salle-a-manger; nursery, schoolroom; library, study; studio; billiard room, smoking room; den; stateroom, tablinum, tenement. [room for defecation and urination] bath room, bathroom, toilet, lavatory, powder room; john, jakes, necessary, loo; [in public places] men's room, ladies' room, rest room; [fixtures] (uncleanness). 653 attic, loft, garret, cockloft, clerestory; cellar, vault, hold, cockpit; cubbyhole; cook house; entre-sol; mezzanine floor; ground floor, rez-de-chaussee; basement, kitchen, pantry, bawarchi-khana, scullery, offices; storeroom etc. (depository) 636; lumber room; dairy, laundry. coach house; garage; hangar; outhouse; penthouse; lean-to. portico, porch, stoop, stope, veranda, patio, lanai, terrace, deck; lobby, court, courtyard, hall, vestibule, corridor, passage, breezeway; ante room, ante chamber; lounge; piazza, veranda. conservatory, greenhouse, bower, arbor, summerhouse, alcove, grotto, hermitage. lodging etc. (abode) 189; bed etc. (support) 215; carriage etc. (vehicle) 272. ... show more
Roget 717: defense, protection, guard, ward; shielding etc. v.; propugnation†, preservation etc. 670; guardianship. area defense; site defense. self-defense, self-preservation; resistance etc. 719. safeguard etc. (safety) 664; balistraria†; bunker, screen etc. (shelter) 666; camouflage etc. (concealment) 530; fortification; munition, muniment†; trench, foxhole; bulwark, fosse†, moat, ditch, entrenchment, intrenchment†; kila†; dike, dyke; parapet, sunk fence, embankment, mound, mole, bank, sandbag, revetment; earth work, field-work; fence, wall dead wall, contravallation†; paling etc. (inclosure) 232; palisade, haha, stockade, stoccado†, laager†, sangar†; barrier, barricade; boom; portcullis, chevaux de frise [Fr.]; abatis, abattis†, abbatis†; vallum†, circumvallation†, battlement, rampart, scarp; escarp†, counter-scarp; glacis, casemate†; vallation†, vanfos†. buttress, abutment; shore etc. (support) 215. breastwork, banquette, curtain, mantlet†, bastion, redan†, ravelin†; vauntmure†; advance work, horn work, outwork; barbacan†, barbican; redoubt; fort-elage [Fr.], fort-alice; lines. loophole, machicolation†; sally port. hold, stronghold, fastness; asylum etc. (refuge) 666; keep, donjon, dungeon, fortress, citadel, capitol, castle; tower of strength, tower of strength; fort, barracoon†, pah†, sconce, martello tower†, peelhouse†, blockhouse, rath†; wooden walls. [body armor] bulletproof vest, armored vest, buffer, corner stone, fender, apron, mask, gauntlet, thimble, carapace, armor, shield, buckler, aegis, breastplate, backplate†, cowcatcher, face guard, scutum†, cuirass, habergeon†, mail, coat of mail, brigandine†, hauberk, lorication†, helmet, helm, bassinet, salade†, heaume†, morion†, murrion†, armet†, cabaset†, vizor†, casquetel†, siege cap, headpiece, casque, pickelhaube, vambrace†, shako etc. (dress) 225. bearskin; panoply; truncheon etc. (weapon) 727. garrison, picket, piquet; defender, protector; guardian etc. (safety) 664; bodyguard, champion; knight-errant, Paladin; propugner†. bulletproof window. hardened site. ... show more
2 bunker
A large container for storing fuel.
is a specific kind of: container.
3 bunker
A fortification of earth; mostly or entirely below ground.
synonym: dugout.
is a specific kind of: fortification, munition.
is a broader term that covers: fox hole, foxhole | funk hole.
Dutch: bunker, kazemat
verb
1 bunker
2 bunker
3 bunker
Moby thesaurus: 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 ... show more.
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