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bunt·ing 1

(bŭn′tĭng)
n.
1. A light cotton, woolen, or synthetic cloth used for making flags.
2. Flags considered as a group.
3. Strips of cloth or material usually in the colors of the national flag, used especially as drapery or streamers for festive decoration.
[Perhaps from German bunt, colored.]

bunt·ing 2

(bŭn′tĭng)
n.
1. Any of various birds of the family Emberizidae, having short, cone-shaped bills and brownish, yellowish, or grayish plumage.
2. Any of various similar birds of the family Cardinalidae, often with brightly colored plumage.
[Middle English.]

bunt·ing 3

(bŭn′tĭng)
n.
A snug-fitting, hooded sleeping bag or one-piece garment of heavy material for infants.
[Perhaps from Scots buntin, plump, short.]
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bunting

(ˈbʌntɪŋ)
n
1. (Textiles) a coarse, loosely woven cotton fabric used for flags, etc
2. decorative flags, pennants, and streamers
3. (Nautical Terms) flags collectively, esp those of a boat
[C18: of unknown origin]

bunting

(ˈbʌntɪŋ)
n
(Animals) any of numerous seed-eating songbirds of the families Fringillidae (finches, etc) or Emberizidae, esp those of the genera Emberiza of the Old World and Passerina of North America. They all have short stout bills
[C13: of unknown origin]

Bunting

(ˈbʌntɪŋ)
n
(Biography) Basil. 1900–85, British poet, author of Briggflatts (1966)
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bun•ting1

(ˈbʌn tɪŋ)

n.
1. a coarse, open fabric of worsted or cotton for flags, signals, etc.
2. patriotic and festive decorations made from such cloth, or from paper, usu. in the colors of the national flag.
3. flags, esp. a vessel's flags, collectively.
[1735–45]

bun•ting2

(ˈbʌn tɪŋ)

n.
any of various small, chiefly seed-eating songbirds of the subfamilies Cardinalinae and Emberizinae (family Emberizidae).
[1250–1300; Middle English; of obscure orig.]

bun•ting3

(ˈbʌn tɪŋ)

n.
a hooded sleeping garment for infants.
[1920–25]
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ThesaurusAntonymsRelated WordsSynonymsLegend:
Noun 1. bunting - a loosely woven fabric used for flags, etc.
cloth, fabric, textile, material - artifact made by weaving or felting or knitting or crocheting natural or synthetic fibers; "the fabric in the curtains was light and semitransparent"; "woven cloth originated in Mesopotamia around 5000 BC"; "she measured off enough material for a dress"
2. bunting - any of numerous seed-eating songbirds of Europe or North America
finch - any of numerous small songbirds with short stout bills adapted for crushing seeds
indigo bird, indigo bunting, indigo finch, Passerina cyanea - small deep blue North American bunting
Emberiza hortulana, ortolan, ortolan bunting - brownish Old World bunting often eaten as a delicacy
Emberiza schoeniclus, reed bunting - European bunting inhabiting marshy areas
Emberiza citrinella, yellow bunting, yellowhammer - European bunting the male being bright yellow
Emberiza aureola, yellow-breasted bunting - common in Russia and Siberia
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Translations
الدُّرسه: طائِر
praporvlajkosláva
flagguirlande
fáni, fánaskreyting
gatvių papuošalaivėliavos
karodziņi
vlajkosláva
kutlama bayrakları

bunting

1 [ˈbʌntɪŋ] N (Orn) → escribano m

bunting

2 [ˈbʌntɪŋ] N (= decoration) → banderitas fpl, empavesado m; (= cloth) → lanilla f
Collins Spanish Dictionary - Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005

bunting

[ˈbʌntɪŋ] n → banderoles fpl, drapeaux mpl
Collins English/French Electronic Resource. © HarperCollins Publishers 2005

bunting

1
n (Orn) → Ammer f ? corn bunting, reed bunting

bunting

2
n (= material) → Fahnentuch nt; (= flags) → bunte Fähnchen pl, → Wimpel pl
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bunting

[ˈbʌntɪŋ] n (Naut) → gran pavese m; (in street) → bandierine fpl
Collins Italian Dictionary 1st Edition © HarperCollins Publishers 1995

bunting

(ˈbantiŋ) noun
flags for use in celebrations. vlae الدُّرسه: طائِر знамена bandeirola vlajkosláva, prapor die Flaggen (pl.) flagguirlande σημαιάκια για στολισμό σε επετείους banderines lipuehted پرچم های کوچک برای تزئین lippurivistö drapeaux דגלון ध्वजपट, झण्डे barjak zászló umbul-umbul fáni, fánaskreyting bandiere 旗 번팅(깃발, 신호기, 장막용의 천) vėliavos, gatvių papuošalai karodziņi (svētku izrotājumiem) panji-panji dundoek, wimpel flaggpynt (rodzaj dekoracji) کوچنی بیرغونه د ښکلا لپاره bandeirola steaguri флаги vlajkosláva zastave ukrasna zastavica flaggdekorationer ธงหรือกระดาษสีประดับถนนหรืออาคารในเทศกาลฉลอง kutlama bayrakları 小彩旗 прапори جھنڈیاں ، پھریرے cờ trang trí 彩旗
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It is this kind of attentive crafting, this meticulous and respectful work, that Don Share has carried out, too, in putting together his critical edition of Basil Bunting's poems.
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