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Italian

bunker

/ˈbuŋ.ker/noun · masculineB2
Extended vocabulary · Vocabulary rank 14,251

Meaning

bunker

  • reinforced military or civil shelter against explosions or hazards
  • sand hazard on a golf course

In a sentence

Gli storici hanno visitato un vecchio bunker sotterraneo.

The historians visited an old underground bunker.

Come si accede a questo bunker blindato?

How do you access this reinforced bunker?

La pallina non è finita nel bunker di sabbia.

The ball did not end up in the sand bunker.

Word forms (3)
WordWord forms
bunkermasculine · singular
bunkermasculine · plural
bunkermasculine · plural

Usage notes

  • An unadapted foreign loanword; masculine and invariable in the plural ('i bunker').

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