bund

plural 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.

plural 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.

   2006 January 28, “The Buncefield investigation - second progress report”, in Buncefield investigation (PDF), archived from the original on 14 Apr 2006, page 4

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

   RAIB said it could not find evidence to explain who built the earth bank, known as a bund, or why it was built.

   2022 March 23, Philip Haigh, “Network News: Rogue earthwork triggered fatal washout at Carmont”, in RAIL, number 953, page 6

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   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.

   1875, John Thomson, The Straits of Malacca, Indo-China, and China, page 408

   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.

   2021 November 17, Mark Rand, “Reconnecting rail freight to S&C quarries”, in RAIL, number 944, page 54

present singular third person bunds · participle present bunding · participle past bunded · past 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.

   2020 December 1 (last accessed), “Plant Room Waterproofing & Tanking”, in RIW

plural bunds

1. IndiaalternativeAlternative form of bandh.

1. A waterfront area in central Shanghai.

1. historicalThe 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.

plural Bunds

1. uncountableusuallyA bond issued by the German federal government.