bund

/bʌnd/
noun
  1. A league, federation, or association, especially of a political or social nature.
    • The farmers' bund met annually to discuss crop prices.
    • The various local clubs formed a bund to coordinate their charity work.
    • Historians studied the German American Bund that existed in the 1930s.
  2. An embankment or dike, especially in South Asia, used to control water or as a roadway.
    • The village built a bund along the river to prevent flooding.
    • We walked along the top of the bund, watching the rice paddies below.
    • The old bund was reinforced with stone after the monsoon rains.
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