bundle

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  1. noun A group of objects held together, as by tying or wrapping.
  2. noun Something wrapped or tied up for carrying; a package.
  3. noun Biology A cluster or strand of closely bound muscle or nerve fibers.
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  • At the top of the bundle was a poem, beginning, 'My love, thou art a nosegay sweet,' which Mr. Drury had no sooner deciphered, than he shook Clare warmly by the hand I think that will do,' he exclaimed, with some enthusiasm, looking at his companion. —  The Life of John Clare
  • These fibers are woven into what's known as a bundle, and in turn the bundles form the backbone of the Line itself. —  Analog, March 2002
  • I had no doubt that the bundle was the King of Kentucky, and that they were doing their duty. —  Charlaine Harris - Southern Vamp 07 - All Together Dead
  • Bring it back to me and, for the sake of the Eternal, don ;t open it So now I ;m your errand boy too I ;d go myself, damn it, but a lot might happen tomorrow Like your getting killed Then the bundle is yours as a reminder of me. —  The Gathering - Arena
  • When I had satisfied Ali's curiosity respecting the different articles of apparel, the bundle was again tied up, and put in a large cow-skin bag, that stood in a corner of the tent. —  Life and Travels of Mungo Park in Central Africa
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pile ·  bag ·  bit ·  sack ·  bunch ·  stack ·  basket ·  parcel ·  package ·  quantity ·  scrap ·  blanket

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bundle:   bundles ·  bundling ·  bundled
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Etymologies (3)

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  1. Middle English bundel, probably from Middle Dutch bondel; see bhendh- in Indo-European roots.

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  1. from Middle English bundel (also diminutive bundelet), from Anglo-Saxon *byndel (not found) (= Dutch bondel, bundel = German bündel), a bundle, diminutive of *bund, Old Northumbrian plural bunda, a bundle (= Dutch bond, usually verbond, a bond, covenant, league, = Middle Low German bunt, a band, a bundle, = Middle High German bunt, German bund, a bundle, truss, also a tie, bond, league, union, etc., later Danish bundt = Swedish bunt, a bundle), from bindan (past participle bunden) = German binden, etc., bind: see bind, and cf. bond.
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