Bund

//bʊnd// name, noun, verb

Definitions

Proper Noun
  1. 1
    A waterfront area in central Shanghai.
  2. 2
    The General Jewish Labour Bund, a secular Jewish socialist party in the Russian Empire. historical
  3. 3
    A bond issued by the German federal government. uncountable, usually
  4. 4
    Any related movements in other countries, such as the still-existing Australian Bund, etc.
Noun
  1. 1
    A league or confederacy; especially the confederation of German states.
  2. 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. 3
    Alternative form of bandh. India, alt-of, alternative
  4. 4
    A group of foreign sympathizers of Nazi Germany, most notoriously before and during World War II.
  5. 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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  1. 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. 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."

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

From Hindustani بند / बंद (band), from Classical Persian بند (band).

Etymology 4

Variant of bandh, from Hindi बंध (bandh); see that entry for more. Doublet of etymology 2 above.

Etymology 5

From bund (“embankment”), from Hindustani بند / बंद (band), from Classical Persian بند (band).

Etymology 6

From Yiddish בונד (bund, “bond, union”). Doublet of bund, bond, and band.

Etymology 7

From Bundesanleihe (“federal bond”)

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