bund
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English
[edit ]Etymology 1
[edit ]From German Bund ("alliance, league"). Doublet of Bund , bond , and band .
Pronunciation
[edit ]Noun
[edit ]bund (plural bunds )
- A league or confederacy; especially the confederation of German states.
- A group of foreign sympathizers of Nazi Germany, most notoriously before and during World War II.
Translations
[edit ]Etymology 2
[edit ]From Hindustani بند / बंद (band), from Classical Persian بند (band).
Pronunciation
[edit ]Noun
[edit ]bund (plural bunds )
- A secondary enclosure, typically consisting of a wall or berm, which surrounds a tank or fluid-handling mechanism, intended to contain any spills or leaks.
- 2026 October 3, "The Buncefield investigation - second progress report", in Buncefield investigation[1] (PDF), archived from the original on 14 April 2006, page 4:
- The most important of these [secondary containment] provisions are bunds, which are enclosures capable of holding liquids that may escape from the vessels and pipes within the bund wall.
- (India ) A perennial ("wet") or seasonal ("dry") pond constructed in a depression and in which fish are stored, typically for breeding.
- An embankment.
- 1875, John Thomson, The Straits of Malacca, Indo-China, and China, page 408:
- It is pleasant to see the Chinese domestics and their families; or native ladies dressed in silks, their glossy hair held in by a broad black velvet band with a spray of pearls in front, being propelled along the bund in their hand-carts; but they are not used among Europeans, excepting after dark.
- 2021 November 17, Mark Rand, "Reconnecting rail freight to S&C quarries", in RAIL, number 944, page 54:
- A massive opening in the bund (embankment), specifically there to screen the quarry from view, was needed, along with a Midland Railway-style bridge carrying a historic bridleway.
- 2022 March 23, Philip Haigh, "Network News: Rogue earthwork triggered fatal washout at Carmont", in RAIL, number 953, page 6:
- RAIB said it could not find evidence to explain who built the earth bank, known as a bund, or why it was built.
Verb
[edit ]bund (third-person singular simple present bunds , present participle bunding , simple past and past participle bunded )
- To provide berms or other secondary enclosures to guard against accidental fluid spills within.
- 2020 December 1 (last accessed), "Plant Room Waterproofing & Tanking", in RIW[2] :
- Plant room floors are generally bunded and/or waterproofed to contain any leaks or spillages of liquids and fluids from faulty tanks, plant or pipe work.
Etymology 3
[edit ]Variant of bandh , from Hindi बंध (bandh); see that entry for more. Doublet of etymology 2 above.
Pronunciation
[edit ]Noun
[edit ]bund (plural bunds )
Derived terms
[edit ]References
[edit ]- "bund", in Merriam-Webster.com Online Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: Merriam-Webster, 1996–present.
- "bund", in Lexico , Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–2022.
- "bund", in TheFreeDictionary.com , Huntingdon Valley, Pa.: Farlex, Inc., 2003–2026.
- "bund", in Collins English Dictionary , 2011–present.
Danish
[edit ]Etymology
[edit ]From Old Norse botn , from Proto-Germanic *butmaz .
Pronunciation
[edit ]Noun
[edit ]bund c (singular definite bunden , plural indefinite bunde )
- bottom (the lowest part)
Inflection
[edit ]| common gender |
singular | plural | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| indefinite | definite | indefinite | definite | |
| nominative | bund | bunden | bunde | bundene |
| genitive | bunds | bundens | bundes | bundenes |
Derived terms
[edit ]- artiskokbund
- bunde
- bundfarve
- bundfattig
- bundfisk
- bundflade
- bundforhold
- bundgarn
- bundlag
- bundplade
- bundpris
- bundrekord
- bundslam
- fjordbund
- fladbundet
- fra bunden af
- havbund
- i bund
- i bund og grund
- komme i bund med
- lagkagebund
- lægge bunden
- marengsbund
- mosebund
- mudderbund
- på bar bund
- på havsens bund
- sandbund
- sengebund
- skrabe bunden
- slå bunden ud
- surbund
- søbund
- til bunds
- tykbundet
- tærtebund
- tømme bægeret til bunds
- vognbund
Verb
[edit ]bund
- imperative of bunde
Romanian
[edit ]Etymology
[edit ]Noun
[edit ]bund n (plural bunduri )
Declension
[edit ]| singular | plural | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| indefinite | definite | indefinite | definite | |
| nominative-accusative | bund | bundul | bunduri | bundurile |
| genitive-dative | bund | bundului | bunduri | bundurilor |
| vocative | bundule | bundurilor | ||
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