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  • 11bunk|er — bunk|er1 «BUHNG kuhr», noun, adjective, verb. –n. 1. a place or bin for coal, especially on a ship: »The reactor in an atomic ship corresponds to the fuel in the bunkers of an ordinary steamship (New Scientist). 2. a sandy hollow or mound of… …

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  • 12bunk — index dwell (reside) Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 …

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  • 13bunk — n *nonsense, twaddle, drivel, balderdash, poppycock, gobbledygook, trash, rot, bull …

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  • 14bunk-up — /bungˈkup/ (informal) noun A push or hoist from below to help someone to climb up ORIGIN: From ↑bunt1 in its orig dialect sense, to push …

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  • 15bunk — bunk1 [bʌŋk] n ↑ladder, ↑mattress [Sense: 1 2; Date: 1700 1800; Origin: Probably from bunker] [Sense: 3; Date: 1800 1900; Origin: bunk off] [Sense: 4; Date: 1900 2000; Origin: bunkum] 1.) a narrow bed that …

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  • 16bunk — 1 noun 1 (C) a narrow bed that is fixed to the wall, for example on a train or ship 2 bunk beds (plural) two beds that are fixed together, one on top of the other 3 do a bunk BrE informal to suddenly leave a place without telling anyone 4 (U)… …

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  • 17bunk — I UK [bʌŋk] / US noun Word forms bunk : singular bunk plural bunks 1) [countable] a narrow bed, often fixed to a wall Marcus was lying in the top bunk feeling seasick. 2) [uncountable] informal old fashioned nonsense • do a bunk II UK [bʌŋk] / US …

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  • 18bunk — I. /bʌŋk / (say bungk) noun 1. a built in platform bed, as on a ship. 2. one of a pair of beds built one above the other. 3. Colloquial any bed. –verb (i) 4. Colloquial to occupy a bunk; sleep, especially in rough quarters: *He bunked in the… …

  • 19bunk — [[t]bʌ̱ŋk[/t]] bunks, bunking, bunked 1) N COUNT A bunk is a bed that is fixed to a wall, especially in a ship or caravan. He left his bunk and went up on deck again. 2) N UNCOUNT (disapproval) If you describe something as bunk, you think that it …

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  • 20bunk — bunk1 [ bʌŋk ] noun 1. ) count a narrow bed, often fixed to a wall: Marcus was lying on the top bunk feeling seasick. 2. ) uncount INFORMAL OLD FASHIONED nonsense bunk bunk 2 [ bʌŋk ] or ,bunk down verb intransitive INFORMAL to lie down to go to… …

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