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bunting

bun·ting
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Transcription

    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • UK Pronunciation
    • UK IPA
    • [buhn-ting]
    • /ˈbʌn tɪŋ/
    • /ˈbʌn.tɪŋ/
    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • [buhn-ting]
    • /ˈbʌn tɪŋ/

Definitions of bunting word

  • uncountable noun bunting Bunting consists of rows of small coloured flags that are used to decorate streets and buildings on special occasions. 3
  • noun bunting a coarse, loosely woven cotton fabric used for flags, etc 3
  • noun bunting decorative flags, pennants, and streamers 3
  • noun bunting flags collectively, esp those of a boat 3
  • noun bunting any of numerous seed-eating songbirds of the families Fringillidae (finches, etc) or Emberizidae, esp those of the genera Emberiza of the Old World and Passerina of North America. They all have short stout bills 3
  • noun bunting Basil. 1900–85, British poet, author of Briggflatts (1966) 3

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Origin of bunting

First appearance:

before 1735
One of the 48% newest English words
1735-45; perhaps orig. “sifting cloth,” hence bunt to sift (Middle English bonten) + -ing1

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Parts of speech for Bunting

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation

bunting popularity

A common word. It’s meaning is known to most children of preschool age. About 86% of English native speakers know the meaning and use the word.
Most Europeans know this English word. The frequency of it’s usage is somewhere between "mom" and "screwdriver".

bunting usage trend in Literature

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Synonyms for bunting

noun bunting

  • burgee — a triangular or swallow-tailed flag flown from the mast of a merchant ship for identification and from the mast of a yacht to indicate its owner's membership of a particular yacht club
  • decorations — Plural form of decoration.
  • flags — flagstone (def 1).
  • garlands — Plural form of garland.

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