bund

noun

1. A league or confederacy; especially the confederation of German states.
2. A group of foreign sympathizers of Nazi Germany, most notoriously before and during World War II.
3. 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.

   “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.”

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

   “It is pleasant to see the Chinese domestics and their families; or native ladies dressed in silks, their glossy hair held in by a broad black velvet band with a spray of pearls in front, being propelled along the bund in their hand-carts; but they are not used among Europeans, excepting after dark.”

   “A massive opening in the bund (embankment), specifically there to screen the quarry from view, was needed, along with a Midland Railway-style bridge carrying a historic bridleway.”

   “RAIB said it could not find evidence to explain who built the earth bank, known as a bund, or why it was built.”

6. (India, alt-of, alternative)Alternative form of bandh.

verb

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

   “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.”

name

1. A waterfront area in central Shanghai.
2. (historical)The General Jewish Labour Bund, a secular Jewish socialist party in the Russian Empire.
3. Any related movements in other countries, such as the still-existing Australian Bund, etc.
4. (uncountable, usually)A bond issued by the German federal government.