bund
See also: Bund
English
Pronunciation
Etymology 1
From German Bund (“alliance, league”).
Noun
bund (plural bunds)
- A league or confederacy; especially the confederation of German states.
Translations
league or confederacy
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Etymology 2
From Urdu بند (band)/Hindi बंद (band), from Persian بند.
Noun
bund (plural bunds)
- 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]
- (India) A perennial ("wet") or seasonal ("dry") pond constructed in a depression and in which fish are stored, typically for breeding.
Verb
bund (third-person singular simple present bunds, present participle bunding, simple past and past participle bunded)
- 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
References
- “bund”, in Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: Merriam-Webster, 1996–present.
- “bund”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–2022.
- “bund” in TheFreeDictionary.com, Huntingdon Valley, Pa.: Farlex, Inc., 2003–2024.
- “bund”, in Collins English Dictionary.
Danish
Etymology
Pronunciation
Noun
bund c (singular definite bunden, plural indefinite bunde)
- bottom (the lowest part)
Inflection
Declension of bund
Derived terms
- bunde ("to touch bottom", i.e. "not out of one's depth")
Verb
bund
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