bundle
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈbʌn.dl̩/
rhymes: -ʌndəl
Forms: form: bundles
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.
Senses: examples: text: a bundle of straw or of paper
text: a bundle of noodles
text: a bundle of old clothes
text: The fable of the rods, which, when united in a bundle, no strength could bend.
ref: 1760, Oliver Goldsmith, On National Concord:
synonyms: wisp
glosses: A group of objects held together by wrapping or tying.
glosses: A package wrapped or tied up for carrying.
examples: text: This software bundle includes a wordprocessor, a spreadsheet, and two games.
glosses: A group of products or services sold together as a unit.
examples: text: The inventor of that gizmo must have made a bundle.
text: I mean it's nothing for him to go to the races, do a bundle, and come home laughing and joking like nothing's happened.
ref: 1995, Paul Vautin, Turn It Up!, Sydney: Pan Macmillan Australia, page 134:
synonyms: word: mint
word: pile
word: small fortune
glosses: A large amount, especially of money.
topics: biology
natural-sciences
glosses: A cluster of closely bound muscle or nerve fibres.
topics: education
human-sciences
linguistics
sciences
glosses: A sequence of two or more words that occur in language with high frequency but are not idiomatic; a chunk, cluster, or lexical bundle.
topics: computing
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
sciences
qualifier: Mac OS X
glosses: A directory containing related resources such as source code; application bundle.
glosses: A quantity of paper equal to two reams (1000 sheets).
topics: law
glosses: A court bundle, the assemblage of documentation prepared for, and referred to during, a court case.
topics: mathematics
sciences
meronyms: stalk space
glosses: Topological space composed of a base space and fibers projected to the base space.
Hyponyms: topics: computing
engineering
mathematics
sciences
physical-sciences
natural-sciences
word: native bundle
Coordinate terms: sense: quantity of paper
word: bale
sense: quantity of paper
word: quire
sense: quantity of paper
word: ream
Derived terms: a stick in a bundle cannot be broken
a stick in a bundle is unbreakable
atrioventricular bundle
a twig in a bundle cannot be broken
a twig in a bundle is unbreakable
AV bundle
Bachmann's bundle
bibundle
bindle
bundle adjustment
bundle branch
bundle branch block
bundle buggy
bundleman
bundle of energy
bundle of His
bundle of joy
bundle of Kent
bundle of laughs
bundle of nerves
bundle pillar
bundlesome
bundlet
bundleware
conjoint bundle
debundle
drop one's bundle
fiber bundle
fibre bundle
get one's undies in a bundle
go a bundle on
grundle
hair bundle
hexabundle
His bundle
interbundle
microbundle
myobundle
one cannot break a stick in a bundle
one cannot break a twig in a bundle
one can't break a stick in a bundle
one can't break a twig in a bundle
one can't break sticks in a bundle
rebundle
sacred bundle
sticks in a bundle are unbreakable
sticks in a bundle cannot be broken
sticks in a bundle can't be broken
subbundle
tangent bundle
vascular bundle
vector bundle
you cannot break a stick in a bundle
you cannot break a twig in a bundle
you cannot break sticks in a bundle
you can't break a stick in a bundle
you can't break a twig in a bundle
you can't break sticks in a bundle