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bund¹

  • /bʊnd/

Rhymes with -ʊnd

Where it comes from

From German Bund (“alliance, league”). Doublet of Bund, bond, and band.

noun bunds

  1. A league or confederacy; especially the confederation of German states.
  2. A group of foreign sympathizers of Nazi Germany, most notoriously before and during World War II.

bund²

  • /bʌnd/

Where it comes from

From Hindustani بند / बंद (band), from Classical Persian بند (band).

noun 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.
  2. India A perennial ("wet") or seasonal ("dry") pond constructed in a depression and in which fish are stored, typically for breeding.
  3. An embankment. 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.

verb bunds · bunding · 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.

bund³

  • /bʌnd/

Where it comes from

Variant of bandh, from Hindi बंध (bandh); see that entry for more. Doublet of etymology 2 above.

noun bunds

  1. India, alternative Alternative form of bandh

Bund⁴

Where it comes from

From bund (“embankment”), from Hindustani بند / बंद (band), from Classical Persian بند (band).

proper noun The Bund

  1. A waterfront area in central Shanghai.

Bund⁵

  • /bʌnd/

Where it comes from

From Yiddish בונד (bund, “bond, union”). Doublet of bund, bond, and band.

proper noun the Bund

  1. historical The General Jewish Labour Bund, a secular Jewish socialist party in the Russian Empire.
  2. Any related movements in other countries, such as the still-existing Australian Bund, etc.

Bund⁶

Where it comes from

From Bundesanleihe (“federal bond”)

proper noun Bunds

  1. uncountable, usually A bond issued by the German federal government.

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noun league or confederacy

Românălegatura, uniune

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@misc{bund_2026,
  title = {bund},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/bund},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}