bund

[ buhnd ]

noun(in Asian countries)
  1. an embankment or an embanked quay, often providing a promenade.

Origin of bund

1
1805–15; <Hindi band<Persian: dam, levee; akin to bind, bond1

Other definitions for Bund (2 of 2)

Bund
[ boond, buhnd; German boont ]

noun,plural Bunds, German Bün·de [byn-duh]. /ˈbün də/.
  1. a short form of “German-American Volksbund,” a pro-Nazi organization in the U.S. during the 1930s and 1940s.

  2. (often lowercase) an alliance or league, especially a political society.

Origin of Bund

2
&lt;German: association, league

Other words from Bund

  • Bundist, noun

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How to use bund in a sentence

  • In front of our first line tiny waves on this tiny ocean lap against our preserving bunds.

    The Secrets of a Kuttite | Edward O. Mousley

British Dictionary definitions for bund (1 of 2)

bund

/ (bʌnd) /


noun(in India and the Far East)
  1. an embankment; dyke

  2. an embanked road or quay

Origin of bund

1
C19: from Hindi band, from Persian; related to Sanskrit bandha band 1

British Dictionary definitions for Bund (2 of 2)

Bund

/ (bʊnd, German bʊnt) /


nounplural Bunds or Bünde (German ˈbyndə)
  1. (sometimes not capital) a federation or league

  2. short for German American Bund, an organization of US Nazis and Nazi sympathizers in the 1930s and 1940s

  1. an organization of socialist Jewish workers in Russia founded in 1897

  2. the confederation of N German states, which existed from 1867–71

Origin of Bund

2
C19: German; related to band ², bind

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