bunting
See also Bunting
English
Pronunciation
Etymology 1
Possibly from dialect bunting (“sifting flour”), from Middle English bonten (“to sift”), hence the material used for that purpose.
Noun
bunting (plural buntings)
- Strips of material used as festive decoration, especially in the colours of the national flag.
- (nautical) A thin cloth of woven wool from which flags are made; it is light enough to spread in a gentle wind but resistant to fraying in a strong wind.
- Flags considered as a group.
Translations
strips of material hung as decoration
material from which flags are made
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flags as a group
Etymology 2
Noun
bunting (plural buntings)
- Any of various songbirds, mostly of the genus Emberiza, having short bills and brown or gray plumage.
Translations
bird
Derived terms
- black-headed bunting
- corn bunting
- indigo bunting
- painted bunting
- reed bunting
- snow bunting
Etymology 3
See bunt
Verb
bunting
- Present participle of bunt.
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