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bunkerlike en · ADJ

Etymology

Etymology tree English bunker Proto-Indo-European *leyg-der. Proto-Germanic *līkąder. Proto-Germanic *-līkaz Proto-West Germanic *-līk Old English -līċ Middle English -like English -like English bunkerlike From bunker + -like.

Meanings

  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:

Forms

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more bunkerlike Degree=Cmp lexicographic
most bunkerlike Degree=Sup lexicographic

Synonyms

bunkeresque · bunkerish

Translations (2)

nl bunkerachtig (resembling a bunker) · fi bunkkerimainen (resembling a bunker)