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Meaning of bunkers

Source language: EnglishDictionary language: English

bunkers

noun

Definitions

  1. A hardened shelter, often buried partly or fully underground, designed to protect the inhabitants from falling bombs or other attacks.

  2. A large container or bin for storing coal, often built outside in the yard of a house. Now rare, as different types of fuels and energy sources are being used.

  3. A container for storing coal or fuel oil for a ship's engine. [Also, by extension] the quantity of fuel needed to replenish that container.

  4. The coal compartment on a tank engine.