Dictionary Home » Dictionary Definitions » bunting

bunting

The definition of bunting refers to loosely woven fabric normally used for flags, to flags used as festive decorations, to a songbird or to a baby's hooded blanket.

(noun)

Fabric used to make a flag is an example of bunting.
A festive flag decoration is an example of bunting.
A songbird related to related to finches or cardinals is an example of a bunting.
An example of a bunting is a baby's blanket make into a hooded garment that covers the entire baby except the face.

See bunting in Webster's New World College Dictionary

noun

a thin cloth used in making flags, streamers, etc.
flags, or strips of cloth in the colors of the flag, used as holiday decorations
☆ a baby's garment of soft, warm cloth made into a hooded blanket that exposes only the face

Origin: < ? ME bonting, ger. of bonten, to sift: hence, cloth used for sifting

noun

any of a family (Emberizidae, esp. genera Passerina and Emberiza) of small, brightly colored passerine birds with short, stout bills

Origin: ME < ?

See bunting in American Heritage Dictionary 4

noun

A light cotton or woolen cloth used for making flags.
Flags considered as a group.
Strips of cloth or material usually in the colors of the national flag, used especially as drapery or streamers for festive decoration.

Origin:

Origin: Perhaps from German bunt, colored

noun

Any of various birds of the family Fringillidae, having short, cone-shaped bills and brownish or grayish plumage.

Origin:

Origin: Middle English

noun

A snug-fitting, hooded sleeping bag of heavy material for infants.

Origin:

Origin: Perhaps from Scots buntin, plump, short

Learn more about bunting

bunting in a sentence