bund
/bʊnd/
Word Rarity
Rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.75 in modern English
7
Scrabble Score
4
Letters
1
Syllables
4
Unique Chars
Meaning
noun
A league or confederacy; especially the confederation of German states.
noun
A group of foreign sympathizers of Nazi Germany, most notoriously before and during World War II.
noun
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.
noun
A perennial ("wet") or seasonal ("dry") pond constructed in a depression and in which fish are stored, typically for breeding.
Indian usage
noun
An embankment.
verb
To provide berms or other secondary enclosures to guard against accidental fluid spills within.
name
A waterfront area in central Shanghai.
Example Sentences
- "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."
- "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."
- "A massive opening in the bund (embankment), specifically there to screen the quarry from view, was needed, along with a Midland Railway-style bridge carrying a historic bridleway."
- "RAIB said it could not find evidence to explain who built the earth bank, known as a bund, or why it was built."
- "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
Origin
Word Breakdown
- Root: *bʰendʰ-, Bund, بند, बंध, בונד