What does "bund" mean?
A league or confederacy; especially the confederation of German states.
Bund
/bʊnd/ name, noun, verb
name, noun, verb ·Uncommon ·Advanced level
Meaning at a glance
- Primary sense: A league or confederacy; especially the confederation of German states.
- Grammar: bund is listed as name, noun, verb.
- Nearest alternatives: alliance, assemblage, axis, band.
- Usage evidence: When the Mensheviks were combined with the Jewish Labor Bund, the Bolsheviks were in the minority.
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Definitions
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.
Example
"When the Mensheviks were combined with the Jewish Labor Bund, the Bolsheviks were in the minority."
Common questions
What is a synonym for "bund"?
Common synonyms include: alliance, assemblage, axis, band, bloc, body.
How do you use "bund" in a sentence?
When the Mensheviks were combined with the Jewish Labor Bund, the Bolsheviks were in the minority.
How do you pronounce "bund"?
Pronounced /bʊnd/.
Etymology
Etymology 1
From German Bund (“alliance, league”). Doublet of Bund, bond, and band.
Etymology 2
From Hindustani بند / बंद (band), from Classical Persian بند (band).
Etymology 3
Variant of bandh, from Hindi बंध (bandh); see that entry for more. Doublet of etymology 2 above.
Etymology 4
From bund (“embankment”), from Hindustani بند / बंद (band), from Classical Persian بند (band).
Etymology 5
From Yiddish בונד (bund, “bond, union”). Doublet of bund, bond, and band.
Etymology 6
From Bundesanleihe (“federal bond”)