bunkerlike

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adjective

Resembling a military bunker.

Scrabble 20

Meanings

adjectivebunkerlike (comparative more bunkerlike, superlative most bunkerlike)

comparative more bunkerlike · superlative most bunkerlike

  1. Resembling a military bunker.

    It also said damage at the plant had only occurred in less critical areas, which had been built to less stringent standards than the reactors, which were housed in bunkerlike concrete buildings.

    2007 July 25, Martin Fackler, “Japan’s Quake-Prone Atomic Plant Prompts Wider Worry”, in New York Times

    Synonyms: bunkeresque, bunkerish

Synonyms & antonyms

adjectiveResembling a military bunker.

Origin

  1. Englishbunker
  2. Proto-Indo-European*leyg-
  3. Proto-Germanic*līką
  4. Englishbunkerlike

From bunker + -like.

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Translations

Dutch bunkerachtig
  • bunkerachtigresembling a bunker
Finnish bunkkerimainen
  • bunkkerimainenresembling a bunker
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APA

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Chicago

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