Plural of bunker
regular plural
The plural of bunker is bunkers.
Forms of bunker
| Singular | bunker /ˈbʌŋ.kə/ |
|---|---|
| Plural | bunkers |
| Countable | countable |
Bunkers in a sentence
- The bunkers of these engines hold enough coal for one round journey of 120½ miles, and water is taken in each direction at Hexham.1941 December, “Notes and News: A Tank Engine's 241-mile Day”, in Railway Magazine, page 569
- A good all-round golfer, playing out of bunkers is my Achilles heel.From the entry Achilles heel
- The enemy fire is increasing – can we get some immediate coverage from those bunkers?From the entry coverage
- Douche boats destroyed two bunkers and accumulated 30 minutes of water time.2005, William B. Fulton, Mobile Riverine Force: America's Mobile Riverine Force Vietnam, Turner Publishing, →ISBN, page 42. From the entry douche boat
- Other river craft, “dubbed “douche boats,” were equipped with high-pressure water jets that could disintegrate enemy positions, including cement bunkers.2006, Andrew Wiest, Rolling Thunder in a Gentle Land: The Vietnam War Revisited, Osprey Publishing, →ISBN. From the entry douche boat
Meaning of bunker
- noun A hardened shelter, often partly buried or fully underground, designed to protect the inhabitants from falling bombs or other attacks.
- noun A compartment for storing coal for the ship's boilers; or a tank for storing fuel oil for the ship's engines.
- noun The coal compartment on a tank engine; it can also refer to that on a tender engine.
Questions about the plural of bunker
- What is the plural of bunker?
- The plural of bunker is bunkers.
- Is bunker countable?
- Bunker is a countable noun.
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: bunker (page history and authors) and the entries of its forms. Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws left out forms marked obsolete, archaic, rare or dialectal and added the examples. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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