bundle
Plural: bundles
Noun
- a collection of things wrapped or boxed together
- a package of several things tied together for carrying or storing
- a large sum of money (especially as pay or profit)
- "she made a bundle selling real estate"
- A group of objects held together by wrapping or tying.
- A package wrapped or tied up for carrying.
- A group of products or services sold together as a unit.
- A large amount, especially of money.
- A cluster of closely bound muscle or nerve fibres.
- A sequence of two or more words that occur in language with high frequency but are not idiomatic; a chunk, cluster, or lexical bundle.
- A directory containing related resources such as source code; application bundle.
- A quantity of paper equal to two reams (1000 sheets).
- A court bundle, the assemblage of documentation prepared for, and referred to during, a court case.
- Topological space composed of a base space and fibers projected to the base space.
Verb
Verb Forms: bundled, bundling, bundles
- To tie or wrap a group of items together.
- make into a bundle
- "he bundled up his few possessions"
- gather or cause to gather into a cluster
- compress into a wad
- sleep fully clothed in the same bed with one's betrothed
- To tie or wrap together into a bundle.
- To hustle; to dispatch something or someone quickly.
- To prepare for departure; to set off in a hurry or without ceremony; used with away, off, out.
- To dress someone warmly.
- To dress warmly. Usually bundle up
- To sell hardware and software as a single product.
- To hurry.
- Synonym of dogpile: to form a pile of people upon a victim.
- To hastily or clumsily push, put, carry or otherwise send something into a particular place.
- To sleep on the same bed without undressing.
Examples
- a bundle of noodles
- a bundle of old clothes
- a bundle of straw or of paper
- He managed to BUNDLE three words into one turn, scoring a bonus.
- The inventor of that gizmo must have made a bundle.
- This software bundle includes a wordprocessor, a spreadsheet, and two games.
Origin / 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.
Synonyms
big bucks, big money, bunch, bunch up, bundle up, clump, cluster, compact, megabucks, pack, package, packet, parcel, pile, practice bundling, roll up, sheaf, wad, dogpile, mint, small fortune
Scrabble Score: 9
bundle: valid Scrabble (US) TWL Wordbundle: valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary
bundle: valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary