bunker
noun
a large bin or receptacle; a fixed chest or box.
bunkered
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past participleof bunker.past participle
A verb form used in perfect and passive verb constructions and that can also function as a modifier.
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past tense formof bunker.past tense
Used to describe completed actions or previous habitual actions.
bunkernouna large bin or receptacle; a fixed chest or box.
Example Sentences
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Antoniadi kept Pizza Hut closed and bunkered down in the restaurant for three days.
From Slate ● Nov. 13, 2025
Ukrainian defenders bunkered in a pharmaceutical plant before finally retreating over a bridge to Severodonetsk.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 4, 2022
“We have shown that we can not only fight, but we can also sing very nice,” said Vitaliy, a soldier bunkered down north of Kyiv.
From Reuters ● May 16, 2022
While most residents had fled, countless families remained bunkered beneath the complex of several buildings and a labyrinth of tunnels.
From Washington Post ● May 7, 2022
Yet it is well bunkered, the fairway is smooth and dry, as it is at Fontainebleau, all through the winter, and the putting greens are most excellent, fast and true.
From The Happy Golfer Being Some Experiences, Reflections, and a Few Deductions of a Wandering Golfer by Henry Leach
