Bunting Definition

bŭntĭng
buntings
noun
A thin cloth used in making flags, streamers, etc.
Webster's New World

Flags considered as a group.

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Flags, or strips of cloth in the colors of the flag, used as holiday decorations.
Webster's New World
A baby's garment of soft, warm cloth made into a hooded blanket that exposes only the face.
Webster's New World
Any of a family (Emberizidae, esp. genera Passerina and Emberiza) of small, brightly colored passerine birds with short, stout bills.
Webster's New World
verb

Present participle of bunt.

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pronoun

A botanical plant name author abbreviation for botanist R.H. Bunting (fl. 1923).

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Other Word Forms of Bunting

Noun

Singular:
bunting
Plural:
buntings

Origin of Bunting

  • Possibly from dialect bunting (“sifting flour”), from Middle English bonten (“to sift”), hence the material used for that purpose.

    From Wiktionary

  • Perhaps from Scots buntin plump, short

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

  • Perhaps from German bunt colored

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

  • Middle English

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

  • See bunt

    From Wiktionary

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