English Online Dictionary. What means bundle? What does bundle mean?
English
Etymology
From Middle English bundel, from Middle Dutch bondel or Old English byndele, byndelle (“a binding; tying; fastening with bands”); both from Proto-Germanic *bundil-, derivative of *bundą (“bundle”). Compare also bindle, Dutch bundel, German Bündel.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈbʌnd(ə)l/
- Hyphenation: bun‧dle
- Rhymes: -ʌndəl
Noun
bundle (plural bundles)
- (countable) A group of objects held together by wrapping or tying.
- (countable) A package wrapped or tied up for carrying.
- A group of products or services sold together as a unit.
- (informal) A large amount, especially of money.
- Synonyms: (informal) mint, (slang) pile, (colloquial) small fortune
- (biology) A cluster of closely bound muscle or nerve fibres.
- (linguistics, education) A sequence of two or more words that occur in language with high frequency but are not idiomatic; a chunk, cluster, or lexical bundle.
- (computing, Mac OS X) A directory containing related resources such as source code; application bundle.
- A quantity of paper equal to two reams (1000 sheets).
- (countable, law) A court bundle, the assemblage of documentation prepared for, and referred to during, a court case.
- (mathematics) Topological space composed of a base space and fibers projected to the base space.
- Meronym: stalk space
Hyponyms
- (computing): native bundle
Coordinate terms
- (quantity of paper): bale, quire, ream
Derived terms
Translations
See also
- Units of paper quantity on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
References
- bundle on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
Verb
bundle (third-person singular simple present bundles, present participle bundling, simple past and past participle bundled)
- (transitive) To tie or wrap together into a bundle.
- (transitive) To hustle; to dispatch something or someone quickly.
- (intransitive) To prepare for departure; to set off in a hurry or without ceremony; used with away, off, out.
- (transitive) To dress someone warmly.
- (intransitive) To dress warmly. Usually bundle up
- (computing) To sell hardware and software as a single product.
- (intransitive) To hurry.
- (slang) Synonym of dogpile: to form a pile of people upon a victim.
- (transitive) To hastily or clumsily push, put, carry or otherwise send something into a particular place.
- (dated, intransitive) To sleep on the same bed without undressing.
Derived terms
Related terms
- bundle off
- bundle up
Translations
Anagrams
- unbled
Malay
Etymology
Borrowed from English bundle.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈbandəl/ [ˈban.dəl]
- Rhymes: -ndəl, -əl
Noun
bundle
- (colloquial) clothes sold in the thrift store