bunker

 
Pronunciation: /ˈbʌŋkə/

noun

  • 1a large container or compartment for storing fuel: a coal bunker
  • 2a reinforced underground shelter, typically for use in wartime.
  • 3a hollow filled with sand, used as an obstacle on a golf course.

verb

[with object]
  • 1fill the fuel containers of (a ship); refuel.
  • 2 (be bunkered) Golf (of a player) have one’s ball lodged in a bunker: he was bunkered at the fifth hole
  • hit (the ball) into a bunker: he bunkered his second shot
  • British informal cause difficulties to; hinder the progress of: he may find his new sporting pursuits bunkered by activities he hadn’t planned on
  • 3 [with object] take refuge in a bunker or other shelter: his family had bunkered down inside their home the former Governor has spent four days bunkered down at Government House

Origin:

mid 16th century (originally Scots, denoting a seat or bench): perhaps related to bunk1