I. ˈbəŋkə(r) noun
( -s )
Etymology: alteration of earlier Scots bonker, perhaps alteration of English banker covering for a bench — more at banker
1.
a. Scotland : a chest or box often used as a window seat
b. : a large bin or other storage place: as
(1) : a large compartment on shipboard for storing the ship's coal or oil
(2) : metal containers in a refrigerator railroad car for ice or other refrigerants
(3) : a coal bin in a locomotive terminal ; also : a coal receptacle at the rear of a tank engine
c. : a fortification chamber mostly below ground level built of reinforced concrete or similar material and usually provided with embrasures ; also : a dugout that is reinforced (as with logs or bags of sand) and usually has firing slits
2.
a. chiefly Scotland : a small sand hole or pit
b. : a sand trap or embankment with soil exposed constituting a hazard on a golf course
c. : obstacle , difficulty
II. verb
( bunkered ; bunkered ; bunkering -k(ə)riŋ ; bunkers )
intransitive verb
: to fill a ship's bunker with coal or oil
transitive verb
1. : to put (as oil or coal) into a bunker
the flattop … will bunker oil to refuel its protective screen of ships — Newsweek
2.
a. : to hit (a golf ball) into a bunker
b. : to stop the advance or progress of ; also : to entangle in difficulties
3. : to provide or protect with bunkers
a well- bunkered golf course
the bunkered Japanese position — Infantry Journal
III. noun
( -s )
Etymology: by shortening
: mossbunker