Bunker Hill

American  

[buhng-ker] / ˈbʌŋ kər /

noun

1. a hill in Charlestown, Mass.: the first major battle of the American Revolution, known as the Battle of Bunker Hill, was fought on adjoining Breed's Hill on June 17, 1775.

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Bunker Hill British  

noun

1. the first battle of the American Revolution, actually fought on Breed's Hill, next to Bunker Hill, near Boston, on June 17, 1775. Though defeated, the colonists proved that they could stand against British regular soldiers

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Example Sentences

The concert hall is a brilliant, eye-catching piece that helped fill a literal and symbolic civic hole at the top of Bunker Hill.

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Despite the critiques and setbacks, folks have continued to flock to Bunker Hill to take an otherworldly escalator ride and fill their social media feeds with images of Robert Therrien’s 10-foot table sculpture.

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The railway carried about 4,000 passengers daily before shutting down in 1969 when Bunker Hill’s historic housing was razed to make way for skyscrapers.

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Here in Paris, he is technically buried on American soil: earth from the Battle of Bunker Hill.

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The DWP is planning to renovate its historic landmark headquarters on Bunker Hill and needs about 300,000 square feet to move into while the work gets done, he said.

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