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bundle

  • /ˈbʌn.dl̩/

Rhymes with -ʌndəl

Where it comes from

From Middle English bundel, from Middle Dutch bondel or Old English byndele, byndelle (“a binding; tying; fastening with bands”); both from Proto-Germanic *bundil-, derivative of *bundą (“bundle”). Compare also bindle, Dutch bundel, German Bündel.

noun bundles

  1. collective, countable A group of objects held together by wrapping or tying. a bundle of straw or of paper

    Similar: sheaf, wisp

  2. countable A package wrapped or tied up for carrying.
  3. collective A group of products or services sold together as a unit. This software bundle includes a wordprocessor, a spreadsheet, and two games.
  4. informal A large amount, especially of money. The inventor of that gizmo must have made a bundle.

    Similar: mint, pile, small fortune

  5. A cluster of closely bound muscle or nerve fibres.
  6. A sequence of two or more words that occur in language with high frequency but are not idiomatic; a chunk, cluster, or lexical bundle.
  7. A directory containing related resources such as source code; application bundle.
  8. A quantity of paper equal to two reams (1000 sheets).
  9. countable A court bundle, the assemblage of documentation prepared for, and referred to during, a court case.
  10. Topological space composed of a base space and fibers projected to the base space.

verb bundles · bundling · bundled

  1. transitive To tie or wrap together into a bundle.
  2. transitive To hustle; to dispatch something or someone quickly. They unmercifully bundled me and my gallant second into our own hackney coach.
  3. intransitive To prepare for departure; to set off in a hurry or without ceremony; used with away, off, out.
  4. transitive To dress someone warmly.
  5. intransitive To dress warmly. Usually bundle up
  6. To sell hardware and software as a single product.
  7. intransitive To hurry.
  8. slang Synonym of dogpile: to form a pile of people upon a victim.

    Similar: dogpile

  9. transitive To hastily or clumsily push, put, carry or otherwise send something into a particular place. At the other end, Essien thought he had bundled the ball over the line in between Bolton's final two substitutions but the flag had already gone up.
  10. dated, intransitive To sleep on the same bed without undressing. Van Corlear […][stopped] occasionally in the villages to eat pumpkin pies, dance at country frolics, and bundle with the Yankee lasses.

Thesaurus

Closest in meaning: packet, package, parcel, pack, roll up, bundle up, bunch up, wad, bunch, clump, cluster, sheaf, compact, practice bundling, packaged, packaging

Translations

Every language

noun group of objects held together by wrapping or tying

Españolhaz, atado, fajo, conjunto, gavilla, lío
한국어꾸러미 kkureomi, 묶음 mukkeum
日本語束 taba
中文捆 kǔn, 包 bāo, 束 shù
हिन्दीगठरी gaṭhrī, गड्डी gaḍḍī
Kiswahilifurushi
Portuguêsfardo, trouxa
Françaisfaisceau, fagot
DeutschBündel
Italianoinsieme, fascina, fascio
Românăsnop, mănunchi, fascicul, legătură
Русскийсвя́зка svjázka, пучо́к pučók, пук puk, у́зел úzel, свёрток svjórtok, вяза́нка vjazánka
Tiếng Việtchùm, bó
العربيةإِبَالَة ʔibāla, حُزْمَة ḥuzma

noun package wrapped or tied up for carrying

Españolbulto
Portuguêspacote, embrulho, trouxa
Françaispaquet
DeutschBündel
Italianopacchetto, fagotto, rotolo
Românăcolet, pachet
Русскийпаке́т pakét, свёрток svjórtok

noun group of products or services sold together as a unit

Españolconjunto, junta, juntura, conjuntura, chemís
Românăpachet

noun colloquial: large amount, especially of money

Españolfajo
Portuguêsmonte
Françaispaquet
DeutschBündel
Italianogruzzolo
Русскийпа́чка páčka

noun biology: cluster of closely bound muscle or nerve fibres

Españolhaz
Portuguêsfeixe
DeutschBündel
Românăfascicul de fibre nervoase

noun mathematics: type of topological space

日本語束 soku
中文叢 /丛 cóng
DeutschBündel
Русскийрасслоение rasslojenije

verb to tie or wrap together

Españolatar, liar, amarrar
Portuguêsenfardar
Françaislier, enliasser
Deutschbündeln
Italianoraccogliere, aggregare, affagottare
Românălega, matisa
Русскийсвя́зывать в у́зел svjázyvatʹ v úzel

verb to hustle, dispatch quickly

Españolempujar, carrerear, despachar rápidamente

verb to dress someone warmly

Españolabrigar
Românăînfofoli, încotoșmăna

verb intransitive: to dress warmly

Españolabrigarse
Русскийутепля́ться utepljátʹsja, утепли́ться uteplítʹsja

verb computing: to sell hardware and software as single product

Españoljuntar, conjuntar
Italianointegrare

verb intransitive: to hurry

Españolapurarse, carrerearse
Françaisse dépêcher

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@misc{bundle_2026,
  title = {bundle},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/bundle},
  urldate = {2026-11-05}
}