What does "bundle" mean?
A group of objects held together by wrapping or tying.
Bundle
/ˈbʌn.dl̩/ noun, verb, slang
noun, verb, slang ·Very common ·Middle school level
Meaning at a glance
- Primary sense: A group of objects held together by wrapping or tying.
- Grammar: bundle is listed as noun, verb, slang.
- Nearest alternatives: package, packet, parcel, accelerate.
- Useful contrasts: single item, disassemble, disband.
- Usage evidence: It's a bundle of contradictions.
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Definitions
Noun
- 1 A group of objects held together by wrapping or tying. countable
"a bundle of straw or of paper"
- 2 a package of several things tied together for carrying or storing wordnet
- 3 A package wrapped or tied up for carrying. countable
- 4 a collection of things wrapped or boxed together wordnet
- 5 A group of products or services sold together as a unit.
"This software bundle includes a wordprocessor, a spreadsheet, and two games."
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- 6 a large sum of money (especially as pay or profit) wordnet
- 7 A large amount, especially of money. informal
"The inventor of that gizmo must have made a bundle."
- 8 A cluster of closely bound muscle or nerve fibres.
- 9 A sequence of two or more words that occur in language with high frequency but are not idiomatic; a chunk, cluster, or lexical bundle.
- 10 A directory containing related resources such as source code; application bundle.
- 11 A quantity of paper equal to two reams (1000 sheets).
- 12 A court bundle, the assemblage of documentation prepared for, and referred to during, a court case. countable
- 13 Topological space composed of a base space and fibers projected to the base space.
Verb
- 1 To tie or wrap together into a bundle. transitive
- 2 sleep fully clothed in the same bed with one's betrothed wordnet
- 3 To hustle; to dispatch something or someone quickly. transitive
"They unmercifully bundled me and my gallant second into our own hackney coach."
- 4 compress into a wad wordnet
- 5 To prepare for departure; to set off in a hurry or without ceremony; used with away, off, out. intransitive
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- 6 gather or cause to gather into a cluster wordnet
- 7 To dress someone warmly. transitive
- 8 make into a bundle wordnet
- 9 To dress warmly. Usually bundle up intransitive
- 10 To sell hardware and software as a single product.
- 11 To hurry. intransitive
- 12 Synonym of dogpile: to form a pile of people upon a victim. slang
- 13 To hastily or clumsily push, put, carry or otherwise send something into a particular place. transitive
"At the other end, Essien thought he had bundled the ball over the line in between Bolton's final two substitutions but the flag had already gone up."
- 14 To sleep on the same bed without undressing. dated, intransitive
"Van Corlear […][stopped] occasionally in the villages to eat pumpkin pies, dance at country frolics, and bundle with the Yankee lasses."
Synonyms
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Example
"It's a bundle of contradictions."
Common questions
What is a synonym for "bundle"?
Common synonyms include: package, packet, parcel, accelerate, amble, ancient studies unit.
How do you use "bundle" in a sentence?
It's a bundle of contradictions.
How do you pronounce "bundle"?
Pronounced /ˈbʌn.dl̩/.
Etymology
From Middle English bundel, from Middle Dutch bondel or Old English byndele, byndelle (“a binding; tying; fastening with bands”); both from Proto-Germanic *bundil-, derivative of *bundą (“bundle”). Compare also bindle, Dutch bundel, German Bündel.