English Explanatory Dictionary

bundle

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A group of objects held together by wrapping or tying.
  2. A package wrapped or tied up for carrying.
  3. A group of products or services sold together as a unit.
  4. A large amount, especially of money.
  5. A cluster of closely bound muscle or nerve fibres.
  6. A sequence of two or more words that occur in language with high frequency but are not idiomatic; a chunk, cluster, or lexical bundle.
  7. A directory containing related resources such as source code; application bundle.
  8. A quantity of paper equal to two reams (1000 sheets).
  9. A court bundle, the assemblage of documentation prepared for, and referred to during, a court case.
  10. Topological space composed of a base space and fibers projected to the base space.
verb
  1. To tie or wrap together into a bundle.
  2. To hustle; to dispatch something or someone quickly.
  3. To prepare for departure; to set off in a hurry or without ceremony; used with away, off, out.
  4. To dress someone warmly.
  5. To dress warmly. Usually bundle up
  6. To sell hardware and software as a single product.
  7. To hurry.
  8. Synonym of dogpile: to form a pile of people upon a victim.
  9. To hastily or clumsily push, put, carry or otherwise send something into a particular place.
  10. To sleep on the same bed without undressing.

Pronunciation

/ˈbʌn.dl̩/ en-us-bundle.ogg

Word forms

bundle bundles bundling bundled

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.

Synonyms

sheaf wisp mint pile small fortune dogpile

Related words

bundle off bundle up

Derived words

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Translations

Catalan: feix Finnish: kaksi riisiä Polish: ryza austriacka
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