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What is the noun for bunker?

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bunker
  1. (military) A hardened shelter, often buried partly or fully underground, designed to protect the inhabitants from falling bombs or other attacks.
  2. (Britain) 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. (nautical) 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. (golf) A sand-filled hollow on a golf course.
  5. (paintball) An obstacle used to block an opposing player's view and field of fire.
  6. (Scotland) A sort of chest or box, as in a window, the lid of which serves for a seat.
  7. (Britain, slang) One who bunks off; a truant from school.
  8. A fish, the menhaden.
  9. Synonyms:
      10. trench, ditch, foxhole, shelter, dugout, underground shelter, pit, hollow, excavation, cave, shaft, cavity, hole, crater, depression, indentation, dent, concavity, dint, recess, indenture, mine, pothole, cavern, well, dig, quarry, borehole, chamber, pocket, chasm, dip, mineshaft, scoop, ravine, abyss, pockmark, canyon, gorge, dimple, archaeological site, digging, dig site, trough, burrow, diggings, hole in the ground, trap, sand bunker, sand trap … more
  10. Examples:
      11. “During the war, the soldiers took cover in a well-constructed bunker to shield themselves from enemy fire.”
      “The golfer's ball landed right in the middle of the deep bunker, adding to the challenges of the course.”
      “I placed the fragile artifacts inside the secure bunker for safe transport.”
bunkering
  1. (nautical) The taking onboard of bunker fuel
  2. (chiefly Nigeria) The illicit removal of oil from a pipeline or other distribution system
bunkerings
  1. plural of bunkering
bunkers
  1. plural of bunker
  2. Synonyms:
      3. trenches, ditch, foxholes, shelters, dugouts, hollows, caves, excavation, pits, shafts, craters, holes, cavities, chambers, ravines, potholes, abysses, boreholes, indentation, pockets, indentures, scoops, wells, concavity, mineshafts, digs, gorges, pockmarks, dimples, dint, quarries, dips, chasms, mines, recess, caverns, depression, dents, canyons, digging, burrows, troughs, traps, sand traps, boxes, bins, containers, chests, stores, receptacles … more
  3. Examples:
      4. “An estate agent in March is flogging off ex Royal Observation Corps nuclear bunkers.”
      “Hatch coamings from the coal bunkers rest on one side, in line with the keel, still attached to a broken frame from the deck.”
      “The roadside was dotted with Iraqi tanks blackened by direct hits on their dug-in dirt bunkers.”
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