Usually means: Fueling ships at the port.
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  1. bunkering: Merriam-Webster
  2. bunkering: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  3. bunkering: Collins English Dictionary
  4. bunkering: Vocabulary.com
  5. Bunkering, bunkering: Wordnik
  6. bunkering: Wiktionary
  7. bunkering: Dictionary.com
  8. Bunkering: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  9. bunkering: TheFreeDictionary.com

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  1. bunkering: Legal dictionary
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  1. bunkering: Medical dictionary

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Definitions from Wiktionary (bunkering)

▸ noun:  (nautical) The taking on board of bunker fuel.
▸ noun:  (chiefly Nigeria) The illicit removal of oil from a pipeline or other distribution system.

Similar:
dugout, trap, sand trap, bunkerage, bunker barge, bunk, berthing, bunkroom, bunkspace, bunkside, more...

Opposite:
unhoarding, sharing, distributing, dispersing

Types:
bunker fuel, bunker C, bunker A, bunker B, bunker D, bunker E, bunker F, more...

Adjectives:
illegal, coal, next, commercial, rapid, complete, direct, convenient, heavy, fast, improper

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Similar:
dugout, trap, sand trap, bunkerage, bunker barge, bunk, berthing, bunkroom, bunkspace, bunkside, more...

Opposite:
unhoarding, sharing, distributing, dispersing

Types:
bunker fuel, bunker C, bunker A, bunker B, bunker D, bunker E, bunker F, more...

Adjectives:
illegal, coal, next, commercial, rapid, complete, direct, convenient, heavy, fast, improper



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