bund
see also: Bund
Pronunciation
Bund
Proper noun
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see also: Bund
Pronunciation
- IPA: /bʊnd/
bund (plural bunds)
- A league or confederacy; especially the confederation of German states.
bund (plural bunds)
- 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. — Second progress report on the Buncefield investigation [https://web.archive.org/web/20060414122438/http://www.buncefieldinvestigation.gov.uk/reports/report2.pdf]
- (India) A perennial ("wet") or seasonal ("dry") pond constructed in a depression and in which fish are stored, typically for breeding.
bund (bunds, present participle bunding; past and past participle bunded)
- 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. RIW Ltd. Waterproofing Products ↗
Bund
Proper noun
- A waterfront area in central Shanghai.
- A secular Jewish socialist party in the Russian Empire, active between 1897 and 1920.
- Any related movements in other countries, such as the still-existing Australian Bund, etc..
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