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Definition: Bunker |
BunkerNoun1. A hazard on a golf course. 2. A fortification of earth; mostly or entirely below ground. Verb1. Hit a golf ball into a bunker. 2. Fill a ship's bunker with coal or oil. 3. Transfer cargo form a ship to a warehouse. Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Date "bunker" was first used: sometime in the early 18th century. (references) |
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Food & Agriculture | A compartment for storing fuel below decks. Source: European Union. (references) |
Mining | A holder for storing the products and by-products of mining. Source: European Union. (references) |
| A vessel for the storage of materials; the lowermost portion is usually constructed in the form of a hopper. Also called bin.See also:surge bunker; underground bunker. (references) | |
Slang | Noun. Source: During war eras, they built trenches that were lower than ground level that were called "bunkers". In golf, these bunkers were probably named to assimilate those. Definition: A sand trap serving as an obstacle in the golf course, itself. Context: This term is used when a golfer accidentally hits their ball into this trap. Social Source: Golfer. Source: Compiled by The University of Oregon. (additional references) |
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A bunker is a defensive warfare fortification of any sort to protect oneself. Bunkers are mostly below the Earth's ground level. They were used extensively in World War I and World War II. In the 1950s, the bunker became part of Americana culture. A famous bunker is the North American Aerospace Defense Command (NORAD). Some installations are giant underground complexes. The Soviet Union maintained huge bunkers during the Cold War. In Albania, the paranoid communist dictatorship of Enver Hoxha littered the small country with 500,000 - 700,000 bunkers.
Another type of bunkers is a little concrete post, partly dug into the ground, which is usually a part of a trenches system. Such bunkers are ment to give the defending soldiers better protection than the open trench and also include top protection against aerial attack (grenades, mortar's shells). The front bunker of a trench system usually include machine guns or mortars and form a domainant shooting post. The Rear bunkers are usually used as a command post, storage and field hospital to attend wounded soldiers.
Dug-in guard posts (with shooting slights) made from concrete are also known as pillbox. Some of the pillboxes have camoflague in order to provide the guards better protection and the element of suprise.
Typical industrial bunkers include mining sites, food storage areas, dump for materials, and sometimes living quarters.
See also
- Führerbunker
- nuclear bunker buster
- fallout shelter
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Bunker is a city located in Missouri. As of the 2000 census, the city had a total population of 427.Geography
Bunker is located at 37°27'19" North, 91°12'37" West (37.455356, -91.210317)1. According to the United States Census Bureau, the city has a total area of 1.7 km² (0.6 mi²). None of the area is covered with water.Demographics
As of the census of 2000, there are 427 people, 176 households, and 111 families residing in the city. The population density is 253.6/km² (661.8/mi²). There are 196 housing units at an average density of 116.4/km² (303.8/mi²). The racial makeup of the city is 92.97% White, 0.23% African American, 2.11% Native American, 0.23% Asian, 0.00% Pacific Islander, 0.23% from other races, and 4.22% from two or more races. 2.11% of the population are Hispanic or Latino of any race. There are 176 households out of which 33.0% have children under the age of 18 living with them, 45.5% are married couples living together, 13.6% have a female householder with no husband present, and 36.4% are non-families. 31.8% of all households are made up of individuals and 15.3% have someone living alone who is 65 years of age or older. The average household size is 2.36 and the average family size is 2.96. In the city the population is spread out with 26.7% under the age of 18, 8.2% from 18 to 24, 29.7% from 25 to 44, 22.5% from 45 to 64, and 12.9% who are 65 years of age or older. The median age is 35 years. For every 100 females there are 99.5 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there are 92.0 males. The median income for a household in the city is $19,659, and the median income for a family is $21,625. Males have a median income of $22,083 versus $15,417 for females. The per capita income for the city is $9,671. 32.3% of the population and 25.2% of families are below the poverty line. Out of the total people living in poverty, 41.3% are under the age of 18 and 20.5% are 65 or older.Source: adapted by the editor from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia under a copyleft GNU Free Documentation License (GFDL) from the article "Bunker, Missouri."
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The Führerbunker ("Leader's bunker") is the name commonly given to the complex of subterranean rooms in Berlin, Germany where Adolf Hitler committed suicide.The complex was in the north-east grounds of the Reichskanzlei (Reich Chancellory). 10m below ground and protected by around 3m of concrete the thirty rooms were distributed over two levels with exits into the main buildings and an emergency exit into the gardens. The complex was built in two distinct phases, one part in 1936 and the other in 1943. The 1943 development was built by the Hochtief company as part of an extensive program of subterranean construction in Berlin begun in 1940. The accommodation for Hitler was in the newer section.
Hitler did not move into the bunker until April 1945. He was accompanied by his senior staff, Martin Bormann, Eva Braun and Joseph Goebbels with all his family. What happened next is uncertain; the accounts of eye-witnesses differ and the popular chronology given by Hugh Trevor-Roper is largely speculative. From the well-known accounts: as the Red Army came closer Hitler's mental state deteriorated; it is reported that after a hysterical meeting on April 22 Hitler was resigned to dying in Berlin and refused to flee. Much of the bunker staff left over April 22-23. On April 23 following a surprise telegram Hitler had Hermann Göring arrested in Berchtesgaden for treason; General Ritter von Greim was appointed his successor. Shells began striking the bunker and surrounding government buildings from April 26. It is said that on the 28th, after hearing reports that Heinrich Himmler was negotiating with the Allies, Hitler had his representative in the bunker, Hermann Fegelein, executed. Later on the 28th Hitler wrote out his political testament and will and also married Eva Braun. In the early afternoon of April 30, with the Red Army only a mile away, Hitler committed suicide by gunshot; Eva was found dead with him apparently from poison. Both bodies were taken up to the surface and burned. On May 1 Goebbels and his wife Magda poisoned their six children and then committed suicide; their bodies were also burned.
The Reichskanzlei was destroyed by the Soviets in 1945 but the bunker largely survived. Near the Berlin Wall the site was undeveloped until after reunification. During the construction of residential housing and other buildings on the site in 1988-89 the underground structures were largely destroyed. The Reichskanzlei was situated at the corner of Wilhelmstrasse and Vossstrasse. Further parts of the Reichskanzlei underground complex were often uncovered during the extensive construction work of the 1990s, but they were ignored, filled in or quickly resealed.
Currently the location of the bunker is not marked. The area is instead occupied by a small Chinese restaurant and mini mall while the emergency exit point for the bunker in what was the Reichskanzlei gardens is now occupied by a car park.
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Synonyms: BunkerSynonyms: dugout (n), sand trap (n), trap (n). (additional references) |
| Context | Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus). |
Defense | Safeguard; (safety); balistraria; bunker, screen; (shelter); camouflage; (concealment); 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; (inclosure); palisade, haha, stockade, stoccado, laager, sangar; barrier, barricade; boom; portcullis, chevaux de frise; abatis, abattis, abbatis; vallum, circumvallation, battlement, rampart, scarp; escarp, counter-scarp; glacis, casemate; vallation, vanfos. |
Receptacle | 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. |
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Crosswords: Bunker |
| Specialty definitions using "bunker": Bunker Adjustment Factor, BUNKER C FUEL OIL, bunker clothes, bunker clothing, bunker conveyor ♦ coal pocket, COAL SAMPLER ♦ Deadweight ♦ end-discharge tippler ♦ gate road bunker ♦ JUNE 17 ♦ makeup shed, measuring chute ♦ roll feeder, rotary dumper ♦ SUPERINTENDENT, AMMUNITION STORAGE ♦ turnouts. (references) |
| Non-English Usage: "Bunker" is also a word in the following languages with English translations in parentheses. Albanian (blockhouse, bunker, hopper, pillbox), Dutch (bunker, shelter), French (bunker), German (bin, brig, bunker, clink, dugout, dugouts, pen, pillbox, shelter, silo), Hungarian (bunker, hopper), Indonesian (bunker), Italian (bunker), Serbo-Croatian (bin, blindage, blockhouse, bunker), Swedish (bunker, concrete dugout, sand trap). |
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Screenplays | They lose me right after the bunker scene (Blazing Saddles; writing credit: Andrew Bergman; Mel Brooks) Now listen, Mr. Bunker, I was 19 when we first moved into this neighborhood and I got a big kick out of you then but I'm pushing 21 now and I'm not getting that big of a kick out of it anymore (All in the Family; writing credit: Johnny Speight; Norman Lear) | |
Movie/TV Titles | Le Bunker (1972) Bunker Hill Bunny (1950) The Battle of Bunker Hill (1911) Le cirque Bunker (2002) Funky Bunker (1997) | |
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 | A view of Charlestown from the cemetery on Copp's Hill in Boston. Bunker Hill Monument on Breed's Hill and Bunker Hill further to the north are seen in the central part of the image. Buildings of the U.S. Navy Yard are seen on the extreme right. In: Historical Collections ... of Every Town in Massachusetts. 1841. Credit: America's Coastlines. |  | Boston as seen from the southwest near the intersection of the Providence and Worcester rail lines. The State House towering over all and Boston Common are in the center, while the Bunker Hill Monument is seen on the extreme left. In: Historical Collections ... of Every Town in Massachusetts. 1841. Credit: America's Coastlines. |
 | The view of Kaneohe Bay, Oahu, from Bird Island. World War II lookout bunker on peak. Credit: Small World. |  | A World War II Japanese concrete bunker. Credit: Small World. |
 | [Edward S. Bunker, M.D.] / Engraved by A.H. Ritchie. Credit: National Library of Medicine. |  | A destroyer-escort (DE) dropping depth charges while searching for Japanese submarines in Ulithi anchorage on 20 November 1944, following the sinking of USS Mississinewa (AO-59). A Fletcher class destroyer is steaming past in the foreground. Two light cruisers (CL) and several other ships are in the distance. Photographed from USS Bunker Hill (CV-17). Credit: NAVY. |
 | Destroyer-escorts (DE) drop depth charges during the search for Japanese submarines in Ulithi anchorage, following the sinking of USS Mississinewa (AO-59), 20 November 1944. A Fletcher class destroyer is in the left-center background, and an anti-submarine net is in the distance. Photographed from USS Bunker Hill (CV-17). Credit: NAVY. |  | New England Convention Bunker Hill. September 10TH. 1840. Credit: Library of Congress. |
 | Just one bunker after another. Credit: Library of Congress. |  | Boston and Bunker Hill (from the east) / W.H. Bartlett ; C. Cousen. Credit: Library of Congress. |
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| "Bunker" by Randy Rowe Commentary: "Bunker shot from Legends on Niagara." |
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Treaty of Versailles | 1919 | In the case of Belgian bunker coal, the price shall not exceed the Dutch bunker price. (reference) |
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Economic History | Malta | Trade (1993): Exports--$1.36 billion: clothing, semiconductors, furniture, leather, rubber and plastic products, footwear, bunker fuel. (references) |
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| "Bunker" is generally used as a noun (singular) -- approximately 94.20% of the time. "Bunker" is used about 276 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Noun (singular) | 94.2% | 260 | 18,316 |
| Noun (proper) | 5.8% | 16 | 87,710 |
| Total | 100.00% | 276 | N/A |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
| The following table summarizes the usage of "bunker" based on a population census conducted in the United States. Ranks and frequencies are based on all names reported and classified. |
| Name | Usage/Gender | Usage per 100 million Persons | Rank in USA |
| Bunker | Last name | 3,000 | 4,117 |
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1. Bunker, MO (city, FIPS 9694) |
Expressions using "bunker": battle of Bunker Hill ♦ bunker a ship ♦ bunker clothes ♦ bunker clothing ♦ bunker coal ♦ bunker defeat munition ♦ bunker Hill ♦ bunker Hill Village ♦ bunker oils ♦ concrete bunker. Additional references. | |
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Beginning with "bunker": bunker-pocked, bunker-shot. | |
Ending with "bunker": residence-cum-bunker. | |
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| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Language | Translations for "bunker"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | |
Albanian | bunker (blockhouse, hopper, pillbox), strehim (accommodation, billet, casemate, coverture, dugout, housing, quarterage, refuge, resettlement, resort, shelter), depo karburanti. (various references) | |
Arabic | مستودع للفحم الحجري, غرفة محصنة تحت الأرض, عقبة (barricade, block, blockade, difficulty, drawback, hitch, hurdle, inconvenience, interference, jam, obstacle, obstruction, snag, spine, stick, stumbling block), ضرب كرة الغولف لتقع بالشر, إستحكام (digging in, rampart). (various references) | |
Bulgarian | сандък на който се сяда, бункер (hutch, pillbox), препятствия. (various references) | |
Chinese | 地堡, 暗堡 . (various references) | |
Czech | bunkr (shelter), zásobník na uhlí, písková překážka. (various references) | |
Danish | bunker, silo (grain silo, silo, storage bin), Gulf-menhaden (Gulf menhaden, large scale menhaden, mossbunker, pogy, shad), atlantisk menhaden (Atlantic menhaden, menhaden, mossbunker, pogy, shad). (various references) | |
Dutch | bunker (shelter), kazemat (shelter). (various references) | |
Esperanto | bunkro (shelter). (various references) | |
Farsi | پرشدن انبار, سنگروپناهگام زیرزمینی , انباربزرگ . (various references) | |
Finnish | bunkkeri (concrete dugout, pill-box), polttoainesäiliö, pinttisiilo (cullet bin, cullet silo), ottaa hiiliä (coal), menhaden (Atlantic menhaden, menhaden, mossbunker, pogy, shad), lahtimenhaden (Gulf menhaden, large scale menhaden, mossbunker, pogy, shad), hiilisäiliö (coal-bin). (various references) | |
French | abri. (various references) | |
German | bunker (bin, brig, clink, dugout, dugouts, pen, pillbox, shelter, silo). (various references) | |
Greek | ανθρακαποθήκη (coal cellar, coal yard). (various references) | |
Hebrew | בונקר. (various references) | |
Hungarian | szénraktár, bunker (hopper). (various references) | |
Indonesian | bunker, gudang batu bara, gudang bahan. (various references) | |
Italian | bunker, tanca, silo per rottame (cullet bin, cullet silo), silo (silo), serbatoio (barrel, cistern, reservoir, tank), rifugio sotterraneo, menhaden messicana (Gulf menhaden, large scale menhaden, mossbunker, pogy, shad), menhaden (Atlantic menhaden, menhaden, mossbunker, pogy, shad), deposito di combustibile, deposito combustibile, carbonile (carbonyl), alaccia americana (Atlantic menhaden, menhaden, mossbunker, pogy, shad). (various references) | |
Japanese Kanji | バロック音楽 (advance, ballon d essai, Bangkok, banjo, bank, banker, banquet, banshee, bantam, barometer, baron, Baroque music, bun, bungalow, van, Van Allen, Vancouver). (various references) | |
Japanese Katakana | バンカー (banker). (various references) | |
Korean | 방탄호. (various references) | |
Manx | immyr gheinnee, cur stiagh geayl, croa gheayil, aber (pasturage, range, river mouth, run). (various references) | |
Pig Latin | unkerbay.(various references) | |
Portuguese | torva, tanque de combustível, silo de casco de vidro (cullet bin, cullet silo), silo (bin, crib, garner, silo), paiol de combustível, paiol (magazine, storehouse), obstáculo (balk, barrier, baulk, but, clog, cramp, difficulty, dike, dyke, jump, let, obstacle, plummet, preventer, prevention, rub, stop, trammels), menhadem escamudo (Gulf menhaden, large scale menhaden, mossbunker, pogy, shad), menhadem (Atlantic menhaden, menhaden, mossbunker, pogy, shad), carvoeira, caixa (ash-box, bank window, bin, cash keeper, cashier's stand, chest, coalscuttle, coffer, desk, fund, hutch, jug, kit, money box, pay-box, receiver, safe, sheath, teller, treasurer, vessel, writing-table), abrigo (anchor, cover, covert, coverture, harbor, harborage, harbour, harbourage, haven, home, hostel, housing, nest, refuge, retreat, roof, sconce, screen, shelter), abastecer (feed, fill up, fuel, provide, provision, refuel, stock, store, supply, victual). (various references) | |
Romanian | buncãr, adãpost (burrow, cot, cover, covert, coverture, flight, Harbor, harbour, haven, home, house, housing, kennel, lair, lodgment, nest, niche, penthouse, port, recourse, refuge, retreat, roofing, safeguard, sanctuary, sconce, screen, shadow, shelter, shield, shroud, stall, support). (various references) | |
Russian | угольный ящик, угольная яма, силос (ensilage, silage, silo), бункеровать бункер, бункер (batcher, bin, hopper, hutch, pocket). (various references) | |
Serbo-Croatian | bunker (bin, blindage, blockhouse), spremište (depositary, depository, warehouse). (various references) | |
Spanish | búnker, arcón. (various references) | |
Swedish | bunkra, bunker (concrete dugout, sand trap), skärvsilo (cullet bin, cullet silo), kolbox (coal-bin, coal-box, coalscuttle, scuttle), kasematt (casemate, shelter), gulfmenhaden (Gulf menhaden, large scale menhaden, mossbunker, pogy, shad), atlantisk menhaden (Atlantic menhaden, menhaden, mossbunker, pogy, shad). (various references) | |
Thai | หลุมหลบภัย. (various references) | |
Turkish | yakıt bölmesi, yakıt almak (fuel), sığınak (air-raid shelter, asylum, burrow, cove, cover, covering, covert, cranny, creep, den, fastness, Harbor, harbour, haven, lair, refuge, repair, sanctuary, shelter, stronghold, tabernacle, tower), golfte topu tümsek veya çukura sokmak, golfte topu engelleyen tümsek veya çukur. (various references) | |
Ukrainian | силосна яма (silo), вугільна яма, засік (bin, hutch), завантажуватися вугіллям, бункер (bin, hopper, hutch, silo). (various references) | |
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| Language | Period | Translations |
| Latin | 500 BCE-Modern | Brevoortia patronus, Brevoortia patronus(Goode,1878), Brevoortia tyrannus, Brevoortia tyrannus (Latrobe). (various references) |
| Old French | 900-1400 | bon quer. (various references) |
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Derivations | |
Words beginning with "bunker": bunkered, bunkering, bunkers. (additional references) | |
Words ending with "bunker": debunker. (additional references) | |
Words containing "bunker": debunkers. (additional references) | |
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"Bunker" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: Banken, Behnke, Benkei, benkert, Binka, bonker, Bonnke, brunker, bulker, Buncer, Bunder, buneer, Buner, bunke, bunki, funker, lunker, Munkar. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| # of Phoneme Matches | Pronunciation | Word(s) rhyming with "bunker" (pronounced bu"ngker) |
| 4 | -u" ng k er | Dunker, clunker, hunker, junker, plunker, younker. |
| 3 | -ng k er | drinker, anchor, banker, canker, conquer, danker, freethinker, hanker, linker, pinker, rancor, ranker, reconquer, sinker, supertanker, tanker, thinker, tinker, winker, yonker. |
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Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "b-e-k-n-r-u" | |
-1 letter: burke. | |
-2 letters: bren, bunk, burn, kerb, kern, knur, kune, neuk, nuke, rube, rune, unbe. | |
-3 letters: ben, bun, bur, ern, ken, kue, neb, nub, reb, rub, rue, run, uke, urb, urn. | |
-4 letters: be, en, er, ne, nu, re, un. | |
| Words containing the letters "b-e-k-n-r-u" | |
+1 letter: bunkers, unbrake, unbroke. | |
+2 letters: bunkered, debunker, knubbier, rebuking, unbraked, unbrakes, unbroken. | |
+3 letters: bunkering, cyberpunk, debunkers, superbank. | |
+4 letters: bankrupted, bucklering, cyberpunks, rubberneck, subnetwork, superbanks, turnbuckle, unworkable. | |
+5 letters: housebroken, rubbernecks, strikebound, subnetworks, turnbuckles, unbracketed, unbreakable, undrinkable, unworkables. | |
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