What does "bund" mean?

A league or confederacy; especially the confederation of German states.

What is a synonym for "bund"?

Common synonyms include: alliance, assemblage, axis, band, bloc, body.

//bʊnd// name, noun, verb

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Noun

1
A league or confederacy; especially the confederation of German states.
2
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.
"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."
3
Alternative form of bandh. India, alt-of, alternative
4
A group of foreign sympathizers of Nazi Germany, most notoriously before and during World War II.
5
A perennial ("wet") or seasonal ("dry") pond constructed in a depression and in which fish are stored, typically for breeding. India

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6
An embankment.
"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."

Verb

1
To provide berms or other secondary enclosures to guard against accidental fluid spills within.
"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."

Proper Noun

1
A waterfront area in central Shanghai.
2
The General Jewish Labour Bund, a secular Jewish socialist party in the Russian Empire. historical
3
A bond issued by the German federal government. uncountable, usually
4
Any related movements in other countries, such as the still-existing Australian Bund, etc.