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bunting

/ˈbʌntɪŋ/

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: 3.04 in modern English

Syllables
bunting
IPA
/ˈbʌntɪŋ/
10
Scrabble Score
7
Letters
2
Syllables
6
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Strips of material used as festive decoration, especially in the colours of the national flag.

Countable; Uncountable

noun

A thin cloth of woven wool from which flags are made; it is light enough to spread in a gentle wind but resistant to fraying in a strong wind.

Countable; Uncountable

noun

Flags considered as a group.

Countable; Uncountable

noun

Any of various songbirds of the genus Emberiza, having short bills and brown or gray plumage.

noun

A warm, often hooded infant garment, as outerwear or sleepwear, similar to a sleeper or sleepsack; especially as baby bunting or bunting bag.

verb

present participle and gerund of bunt

noun

A pushing action.

Countable; Uncountable

noun

A strong timber; a stout prop.

Countable; Uncountable

Etymology

Possibly from dialect bunting (“sifting flour”), from Middle English bonten (“to sift”), hence the material used for that purpose. Possibly from Germanic bundt (“to bind or tie together”).

Origin

Word Breakdown

Regional Pronunciation

  • American English: /ˈbʌntɪŋ/
  • British English: /ˈbʌntɪŋ/

Usage

Inflected Forms

buntings (plural)

Derived Forms

buntingless

Phrases

black-faced bunting black-headed bunting chestnut-eared bunting cinereous bunting cirl bunting corn bunting Cretzschmar's bunting gray-necked bunting

Rhymes With

hunting confronting fronting grunting shunting blunting affronting punting stunting

Questions

How do you pronounce bunting?
The recorded pronunciation is /ˈbʌntɪŋ/.
What does bunting mean?
Strips of material used as festive decoration, especially in the colours of the national flag.
Where does bunting come from?
It is traced to Middle English.

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