bund

Meanings

Noun

• A league or confederacy; especially the confederation of German states.
• A group of foreign sympathesizers of Nazi Germany, most notoriously before and during World War II.
• 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.
• A perennial ("wet") or seasonal ("dry") pond constructed in a depression and in which fish are stored, typically for breeding.
• An embankment.
• Alternative of bandh

Verb

• To provide berms or other secondary enclosures to guard against accidental fluid spills within.

Origin

• From German Bund ("alliance, league").
• From Urdu بند/Hindi बंद, from Persian بند.
• Variant of bandh, from Hindi बंध; see that entry for more.