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bun·dle (bundəl)

noun

  1. a number of things tied, wrapped, or otherwise held together
  2. a package or parcel
  3. a bunch, collection, or group
  4. Slang a large amount of money
  5. Biol.
    1. any of the strands of specialized cells that conduct fluids or add strength in higher plants
    2. an anatomical unit consisting of a number of separate nerve fibers, muscles, etc. closely banded together

Etymology: ME bundel, prob. < MDu bondel, dim. < bond < binden, bind

transitive verb bundled -·dled, bundling -·dling

  1. to make into a bundle; wrap or tie together
  2. to offer together with a related product or service for sale at a package price to bundle an Internet browser with a PC
  3. to send hastily or without ceremony; hustle (away, off, out, or into)

intransitive verb

  1. to move or go hastily; bustle
  2. to lie in the same bed with one's sweetheart without undressing: a former courting custom, esp. in New England

Related Forms:

bundle Idioms

bundle up

to put on plenty of warm clothing
bundle Synonyms

bundle

n.

packet, parcel, bunch; see package 1. See syn. study at package.

bundle Usage Examples

Converse of object

  • tie: All you could see were folks with tied bundles of clothes or some precious items they had managed to save.
  • wrap: Pull over to the side of the road to pick up tightly wrapped bundles of tender asparagus or punnets of sweet juicy strawberries.

Adjective modifier

  • tidy: Our plans for little public trust a tidy bundle.
  • neurovascular: The esophagus and pharynx were then separated from the loose tissue of the retropharyngeal plane and the hyoid bone and neurovascular bundles removed.
  • vascular: The dark spots on the scar, mark where the vascular bundles which carried the sap passed through from the twig into the leaf.
  • neat: The aim is to leave a multi-strand wire in a neat bundle which may be inserted easily into the sleeve.
  • tiny: A tiny bundle of white fluff with big ears.
  • inclusive: Customers can purchase data inclusive bundles of 15MB for £ 5 a month.

Noun used with modifier

  • localization: If the named Logger already exists and does not yet have a localization resource bundle then the given resource bundle name is used.
  • fiber: The fiber bundle is generally more than 6 mm across.
  • fiber: Whiplash uses more fiber bundles when braiding, contributing to the performance and knot strength.
  • pipeline: Completion of the drilling operations will allow installation of the subsea pipeline bundle during December and January.

Preposition: of

  • fluff: You were a bundle of fluff the day we first got you.
  • joy: Oyster cards are amazing, they are like little bundles of joy.
  • twig: Then he picks up a bundle of birch twigs and beats you lightly all over.
  • myrrh: What a life shall it be, to hold Him as a bundle of myrrh, all night to lie between our breasts?
  • firewood: They covered the huge heap of barrels with bundles of firewood, just in case anyone looked inside.
  • reed: To cross water, they used floating logs, bundles of reed or blown up animal skins.
bundle Quotes

   A bundle of biases held loosely together by a sense of taste.

—Balliett,Whitney

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