Mund vs Bund - What's the difference?
mund | bund |
(obsolete) A hand.
(obsolete) security, granted by a king or earl, the violation of which was punished by a fine (a mundbyrd)
Protection, guardianship.
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.
(pond in which fish are stored for breeding).
To provide berms or other secondary enclosures to guard against accidental fluid spills within.
As nouns the difference between mund and bund
is that mund is a hand while bund is a league or confederacy; especially the confederation of German states.As a verb bund is
to provide berms or other secondary enclosures to guard against accidental fluid spills within.mund
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Noun
(en noun)Anagrams
* ----bund
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Etymology 1
From (etyl) .Etymology 2
From (etyl) (term), from (etyl).Noun
(en noun)- 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 [http://www.buncefieldinvestigation.gov.uk/reports/report2.pdf]
Verb
(en verb)- 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.
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