bund

Definitions

1. A waterfront area in central Shanghai.
2. The General Jewish Labour Bund, a secular Jewish socialist party in the Russian Empire.
   historical
3. A bond issued by the German federal government.
   uncountable, usually
4. A league or confederacy; especially the confederation of German states.
5. 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.
6. Any related movements in other countries, such as the still-existing Australian Bund, etc.
7. A group of foreign sympathizers of Nazi Germany, most notoriously before and during World War II.
8. A perennial ("wet") or seasonal ("dry") pond constructed in a depression and in which fish are stored, typically for breeding.
   India
9. An embankment.

Equivalents

Examples

“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.”

“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.”

“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.”

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

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