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bunt·ing 1 B0553500 (bŭn′tĭng)n.1. A light cotton, woolen, or synthetic cloth used for making flags.2. Flags considered as a group.3. Strips of cloth or material usually in the colors of the national flag, used especially as drapery or streamers for festive decoration.
[Perhaps from German bunt, colored.]
bunt·ing 2 B0553500 (bŭn′tĭng)n.1. Any of various birds of the family Emberizidae, having short, cone-shaped bills and brownish, yellowish, or grayish plumage.2. Any of various similar birds of the family Cardinalidae, often with brightly colored plumage.
[Middle English.]
bunt·ing 3 B0553500 (bŭn′tĭng)n. A snug-fitting, hooded sleeping bag or one-piece garment of heavy material for infants.
[Perhaps from Scots buntin, plump, short.]bunting (ˈbʌntɪŋ) n1. (Textiles) a coarse, loosely woven cotton fabric used for flags, etc2. decorative flags, pennants, and streamers3. (Nautical Terms) flags collectively, esp those of a boat[C18: of unknown origin]
bunting (ˈbʌntɪŋ) n (Animals) any of numerous seed-eating songbirds of the families Fringillidae (finches, etc) or Emberizidae, esp those of the genera Emberiza of the Old World and Passerina of North America. They all have short stout bills[C13: of unknown origin]
Bunting (ˈbʌntɪŋ) n (Biography) Basil. 1900–85, British poet, author of Briggflatts (1966)bun•ting1 (ˈbʌn tɪŋ)
n. 1. a coarse, open fabric of worsted or cotton for flags, signals, etc. 2. patriotic and festive decorations made from such cloth, or from paper, usu. in the colors of the national flag. 3. flags, esp. a vessel's flags, collectively. [1735–45] bun•ting2 (ˈbʌn tɪŋ)
n. any of various small, chiefly seed-eating songbirds of the subfamilies Cardinalinae and Emberizinae (family Emberizidae). [1250–1300; Middle English; of obscure orig.] bun•ting3 (ˈbʌn tɪŋ)
n. a hooded sleeping garment for infants. [1920–25] Thesaurus| Noun | 1. | bunting - a loosely woven fabric used for flags, etc.cloth, fabric, textile, material - artifact made by weaving or felting or knitting or crocheting natural or synthetic fibers; "the fabric in the curtains was light and semitransparent"; "woven cloth originated in Mesopotamia around 5000 BC"; "she measured off enough material for a dress" | | 2. | bunting - any of numerous seed-eating songbirds of Europe or North Americafinch - any of numerous small songbirds with short stout bills adapted for crushing seedsindigo bird, indigo bunting, indigo finch, Passerina cyanea - small deep blue North American buntingEmberiza hortulana, ortolan, ortolan bunting - brownish Old World bunting often eaten as a delicacyEmberiza schoeniclus, reed bunting - European bunting inhabiting marshy areasEmberiza citrinella, yellow bunting, yellowhammer - European bunting the male being bright yellowEmberiza aureola, yellow-breasted bunting - common in Russia and SiberiaPlectrophenax nivalis, snow bunting, snowbird, snowflake - white Arctic bunting |
Translationsbunting (ˈbantiŋ) noun flags for use in celebrations. 小彩旗 彩旗bunting
bunting, common name for small, plump birds of the family Fringillidae (finchfinch,
common name for members of the Fringillidae, the largest family of birds (including over half the known species), found in most parts of the world except Australia.
..... Click the link for more information. family). Among the American buntings are the indigo bunting, in which the summer plumage of the male reflects sunlight as a rich, metallic blue; the painted bunting, or nonpareil (Passerina ciris), with showy red, blue, and green plumage; the hardy snow bunting (Plectrophenax nivalis), whose winter plumage is white marked with light brown on the head and sides; and the lazuli bunting of the West, turquoise above with a chestnut breast and white wing bars. European buntings include the corn, snow, and cirl buntings, the yellowhammer, and the ortolan (Emberiza hortulana), which is caught and fattened as a table delicacy. Buntings are also called sparrows in the United States. They are classified in the phylum ChordataChordata
, phylum of animals having a notochord, or dorsal stiffening rod, as the chief internal skeletal support at some stage of their development. Most chordates are vertebrates (animals with backbones), but the phylum also includes some small marine invertebrate animals.
..... Click the link for more information. , subphylum Vertebrata, class Aves, order Passeriformes, family Fringillidae.bunting any of numerous seed-eating songbirds of the families Fringillidae (finches, etc.) or Emberizidae, esp those of the genera Emberiza of the Old World and Passerina of North America. They all have short stout bills bunting
Words related to buntingnoun a loosely woven fabric used for flags, etcRelated Words- cloth
- fabric
- textile
- material
noun any of numerous seed-eating songbirds of Europe or North AmericaRelated Words- finch
- indigo bird
- indigo bunting
- indigo finch
- Passerina cyanea
- Emberiza hortulana
- ortolan
- ortolan bunting
- Emberiza schoeniclus
- reed bunting
- Emberiza citrinella
- yellow bunting
- yellowhammer
- Emberiza aureola
- yellow-breasted bunting
- Plectrophenax nivalis
- snow bunting
- snowbird
- snowflake
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