bund

See also Bund

English

Pronunciation

• IPA: /bʊnd/

Etymology1

From German Bund (“alliance, league”)

Noun

bund (plural bunds)

1. a league or confederacy; especially the confederation of German states.

Etymology2

From Urdu band, from Persian

Noun

bund (plural bunds)

1. 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. -- Second progress report on the Buncefield investigation [1]

Translations

league or confederacy

• Romanian: legatura (ro) f, uniune (ro) f
• Spanish: bono (es) m

Verb

bund (third-person singular simple present bunds, present participle bunding, simple past and past participle bunded)

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. RIW Ltd. Waterproofing Products

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Danish

Etymology

From Old Norse botn.

Pronunciation

• IPA: /bɔn/, [b̥ɔnˀ]

Noun

bund c (singular definite bunden, plural indefinite bunde)

1. bottom (the lowest part)

Inflection

    Inflection of bund

common gender	Singular		Plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative, dative and accusative	bund	bunden	bunde	bundene
genitive	bunds	bundens	bundes	bundenes

Derived terms

• bunde ("to touch bottom", i.e. "not out of one's depth")

Verb

bund

1. imperative of bunde