bunton

[buhn-tn]

noun

Mining.

1. one of a number of struts reinforcing the walls of a shaft and dividing it into vertical compartments.

Word History and Origins

Origin of bunton¹

First recorded in 1625–35; earlier bunting squared timber, of obscure origin

Example Sentences

The Spice Girls came together in 1994, after Mel B, Mel C, Emma Bunton, Geri Halliwell and Victoria responded to an advert for candidates.

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She told Heart's Emma Bunton and Jamie Theakston how being with fiancé Travis Kelce had enhanced her love of songwriting, which she called "one of my favourite things".

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"He's such a natural, just in life, he's just never been nervous about anything in his entire life, so it's pretty fun," she told Bunton and Theakston.

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“It was better,” said the multi-instrumentalist Jaleel Bunton, 50, over dinner in Greenpoint last week, without even a moment’s hesitation.

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At the time, starting a scrappy rock band in nearby Williamsburg, where Bunton and the singer, songwriter and multi-instrumentalist Kyp Malone, 51, have lived since the Bloomberg era, was the practical thing to do.

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