bunk has definitions from the field of housing
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[ noun ] a long trough for feeding cattle

Synonyms

feed_bunk

Used in print

(Successful Farming, 59:12...)

There are three principal feed_bunk types for dairy and beef_cattle : ( 1 ) Fence-line bunks - cattle eat from one side while feed is put_in from the opposite side of the fence by self unloading wagons ; ( 2 ) Mechanized bunks - they sit within the feed_lot , are filled by a mechanical conveyor above feeding surface ; ( 3 ) Special bunks - as discussed here , they permit cattle to eat from all sides .

There are three principal feed_bunk types for dairy and beef_cattle : ( 1 ) Fence-line bunks - cattle eat from one side while feed is put_in from the opposite side of the fence by self unloading wagons ; ( 2 ) Mechanized bunks - they sit within the feed_lot , are filled by a mechanical conveyor above feeding surface ; ( 3 ) Special bunks - as discussed here , they permit cattle to eat from all sides .

There are three principal feed_bunk types for dairy and beef_cattle : ( 1 ) Fence-line bunks - cattle eat from one side while feed is put_in from the opposite side of the fence by self unloading wagons ; ( 2 ) Mechanized bunks - they sit within the feed_lot , are filled by a mechanical conveyor above feeding surface ; ( 3 ) Special bunks - as discussed here , they permit cattle to eat from all sides .

Selecting bunks by economic comparison is usually an individual problem .

Animals eat only from one side , so the fence-line bunk must be twice as long as the mechanical bunk .

Related terms

manger

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[ noun ] (housing) a bed on a ship or train; usually in tiers

Synonyms

built_in_bed berth

Used in print

(Robert Penn Warren, Wilderness....)

Now , Adam , in the gray light of afternoon , stared across at the hut opposite his tent , and thought_of Simms_Purdew lying in there in the gloom , snoring on his bunk , with the fumes of whisky choking the air .

He thought_of Simms_Purdew snoring on his bunk while Pullen_James crouched by the hearth , skirmishing an undershirt for lice , and a wet log sizzled .

(Marvin Schiller, "The Sheep's in the Meadow,"...)

Again among those jubilantly reunited bunkmates , I was shy with Jessie and acted as I had during those early Saturday mornings when we all seemed to be playing_for_effect , to be detached and unconcerned with the girls who were properly our dates but about whom , later , in the privacy of our bunks , we would think in_terms_of the most elaborate romance .

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[ noun ] (housing) a rough bed (as at a campsite)

Related terms

bed

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[ noun ] unacceptable behavior (especially ludicrously false statements)

Related terms

drivel bull

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[ verb ] provide with a bunk

Examples

"We bunked the children upstairs"

Related terms

bed bunk_bed

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[ verb ] flee; take to one's heels; cut and run

Examples

"If you see this man, run!" "The burglars escaped before the police showed up"

Related terms

leave flee skedaddle fugitive

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[ verb ] avoid paying

Synonyms

beat

Examples

"beat the subway fare"

Related terms

cheat

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[ noun ] (housing) beds built one above the other

Synonyms

bunk_bed

Related terms

bed

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