different between bund vs cofferdam

English

Etymology 1

From German Bund (“alliance, league”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /b?nd/

Noun

bund (plural bunds)

1. A league or confederacy; especially the confederation of German states.
2. A group of foreign sympathesizers of Nazi Germany, most notoriously before and during World War II.

Translations

Etymology 2

From Urdu ???? (band)/Hindi ??? (band), from Persian ????.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /b?nd/

Noun

bund (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.
2. (India) A perennial ("wet") or seasonal ("dry") pond constructed in a depression and in which fish are stored, typically for breeding.

Verb

bund (third-person singular simple present bunds, present participle bunding, simple past and past participle bunded)

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

Etymology 3

Variant of bandh, from Hindi ??? (bandh); see that entry for more.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /b?nd/

Noun

bund (plural bunds)

1. (India) Alternative form of bandh

References

• “bund”, in Merriam–Webster Online Dictionary, (Please provide a date or year).
• “bund”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–present.
• “bund” in TheFreeDictionary.com, Huntingdon Valley, Pa.: Farlex, Inc., 2003–2021.
• “bund” in the Collins English Dictionary

Danish

Etymology

From Old Norse botn, from Proto-Germanic *butmaz.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [?b??n?]

Noun

bund c (singular definite bunden, plural indefinite bunde)

1. bottom (the lowest part)

Inflection

Derived terms

• bunde ("to touch bottom", i.e. "not out of one's depth")

Verb

bund

1. imperative of bunde

Romanian

Etymology

From German Bund.

Noun

bund n (plural bunduri)

1. bund

Declension

English

Etymology

coffer +? dam

Noun

cofferdam (plural cofferdams)

1. A temporary watertight structure that is pumped dry to enclose an area underwater and allow construction work on a ship, bridge, or rig to be carried out; a caisson.
2. (nautical) An empty space that acts as a protective barrier between two floors or bulkheads on a ship.

Coordinate terms

• caisson, a similar permanent structure

Translations