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Definition: Bunting |
BuntingNoun1. A loosely woven fabric used for flags, etc. 2. Any of numerous seed-eating songbirds of Europe or North America. Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Date "bunting" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1593. (references) |
Etymology: Bunting \Bun"ting\, Buntine \Bun"tine\, noun. [Prov. English bunting sifting flour, Old English bonten to sift, hence probably the material used for that purpose.]. (references) |
| Domain | Definition |
Industry | A lightweight, thin, loosely woven, carded cotton cloth made in a plain weave. . . the material is sized and stiffened in finishing. . Source: European Union. (references) |
| Fabric made for the manufacture of flags, originally a special type of wool fabric, of plain weave, but now tending to be a nylon-wool blend, produced from yarns spun on the worsted system. Source: European Union. (references) | |
Literature | Bunting In Somersetshire bunting means sifting flour. Sieves were at one time made of a strong gauzy woollen cloth, which being tough and capable of resisting wear, was found suitable for flags, and now has changed its reference from sieves to flags. A "bunt-mill" is a machine for sifting corn. "Not unlike ... a baker's bunt, when he separates the flour from the bran."- Stedman. Source: Brewer's Dictionary. |
Post & Telecom | Cloth from which flags are made. Source: European Union. (references) |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| Context | Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus). |
Indication | Insignia; banner, banneret, bannerol; bandrol; flag, colors, streamer, standard, eagle, labarum, oriflamb, oriflamme; figurehead; ensign; pennon, pennant, pendant; burgee, blue Peter, jack, ancient, gonfalon, union jack; banderole, " old glory ", quarantine flag; vexillum; yellow-flag, yellow jack; tricolor, stars and stripes; bunting. |
| Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus. | |
Crosswords: Bunting |
| English words defined with "bunting": Black bonnet, Butterbird ♦ Cirl bunting ♦ Dickcissel, Dogvane ♦ Emberiza citrinella, Emberiza hortulana, Emberiza schoeniclus ♦ genus Plectrophenax, grass finch ♦ indigo bird, indigo bunting, indigo finch ♦ Oat fowl, ortolan, ortolan bunting ♦ Passerina cyanea, Pied finch, Plectrophenax, Plectrophenax nivalis ♦ reed bunting, reed sparrow, Reedling, Ringbird ♦ snow bunting, snowbird, snowflake, Sparrow spear ♦ Thistle cock, Toad snatcher ♦ Water sparrow, White lark, Willow ptarmigan ♦ yellow bunting, Yellowhammer. (references) |
| Specialty definitions using "bunting": Christian Traditions, commercial decorator ♦ DECORATOR, STREET AND BUILDING. (references) |
| Non-English Usage: "Bunting" is also a word in the following language with English translations in parentheses. Indonesian (full, pregnant). |
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Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |||
| Thumbnail | Description & Credit | Thumbnail | Description & Credit |
 | Snow Bunting. Credit: Alaska Image Library. |  | McKay's Bunting. Credit: Alaska Image Library. |
 | Surgeon Thomas C. Bunting. / Lithographed by A. Hoffy from a Daguerreotype by T.P. Collins. Credit: National Library of Medicine. |  | Ship's crew ashore for Christmas Day rest and recreation at Camp Dealey, Guam, 25 December 1944. Officers, seated at front, are (left to right): Lieutenant (Junior Grade) Joseph J. Bosza; Boatswain Daniel W. Ellzey; Ensign Justin C. Dygert; Commander Joseph F. Enright, Commanding Officer; Lieutenant Davis E. Bunting; Lieutenant Romolo Cousins; Lieutenant (Junior Grade) John K. Andrews and Ensign Gordon E. Crosby, Jr. Credit: NAVY. |
 | Interior of Madison Square Garden, New York City, prepared for the Democratic National Convention with bunting and chairs. Credit: Library of Congress. |  | Miss Emma Bunting. Credit: Library of Congress. |
Source: pictures compiled by the editor from various references; see picture credits. | |||
| Title | Author | Quote |
Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man | Joyce, James | A waiter was running up a trail of bunting on the flagstaff and a fox terrier was scampering to and fro on the sunny lawn |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references. | ||
| "Bunting" is generally used as a noun (singular) -- approximately 73.08% of the time. "Bunting" is used about 104 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Noun (singular) | 73.08% | 76 | 38,217 |
| Noun (proper) | 21.15% | 22 | 74,468 |
| Lexical Verb (-ing form) | 5.77% | 6 | 143,867 |
| Total | 100.00% | 104 | N/A |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
| The following table summarizes the usage of "bunting" based on a population census conducted in the United States. Ranks and frequencies are based on all names reported and classified. |
| Name | Usage/Gender | Usage per 100 million Persons | Rank in USA |
| Bunting | Last name | 3,000 | 3,994 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits. | |||
Expressions using "bunting": Cirl bunting ♦ indigo bunting ♦ Lark bunting ♦ ortolan bunting ♦ painted bunting ♦ reed bunting ♦ rice bunting ♦ ring bunting ♦ snow bunting ♦ towhee bunting ♦ yellow bunting. Additional references. | |
| Hyphenated Usage | |
Beginning with "bunting": bunting-and-bubbly. | |
Ending with "bunting": garage-bunting, yellow-bunting. | |
Containing "bunting": corn-bunting-like. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Language | Translations for "bunting"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | |
Albanian | beng, banderolë (banderol, banderole, banner), pëlhurë për flamuj. (various references) | |
Arabic | قماش تصنع منه الرايات, علم (adudicate, advertise, advertize, advise, apprise, apprize, banner, bar, coach, cognizance, cognize, drill, educate, flag, indoctrinate, inform, instruct, know, knowledge, learning, let know, locate, mark, mark out, notify, post, profess, read, scholarship, school, science, standard, teach, tell, tick). (various references) | |
Bulgarian | тифон, жълта овесарка. (various references) | |
Czech | vlajkosláva, strnad. (various references) | |
Danish | flagraekke, flagdug (buntine), etamine (etamine, tammy). (various references) | |
Dutch | vlaggenguirlande, stamijn. (various references) | |
Finnish | sirkkunen, sirkku, lippukangas. (various references) | |
French | étamine. (various references) | |
German | fahnentuch (buntine). (various references) | |
Greek | ύφασμα σημαίων, ύφασμα για σημαίεσ, ύφασμα για σημαίες (buntine), σχοινί για σημαίες. (various references) | |
Hebrew | ארי' "'לים, א קור (sparrow), 'בתון. (various references) | |
Hungarian | zászlódísz, zászlók, zászló (banner, ensign, flag, pennant, standard), vitorlavászon (burlap, canvas, sailcloth, tarpaulin, weather cloth), szitaszövet (bolting-cloth), sármány (goldfinch), molton (duffel, swanskin), lobogók, fellobogózás, etamin (Tammy), drapéria (hangings, lambrequin, pelmet), dekorációs anyag. (various references) | |
Indonesian | pengibaran bendera, kain bendera. (various references) | |
Italian | zigolo delle nevi, tessuto per bandiere (buntine), stamina, pavese (flags), gran pavesi. (various references) | |
Japanese Kanji | 白 , 幕 (act, curtain). (various references) | |
Japanese Katakana | ほおじろ, とばり (act, curtain). (various references) | |
Korean | 만국기 (buntings). (various references) | |
Manx | mergaghyn, bunteen, bratteeyn. (various references) | |
Pig Latin | untingbay.(various references) | |
Portuguese | bandeira (banner, dust-cloak, duster, ensign, flag, gonfalon, party, pennon, side, standard, weather vane, weathercock), tecido para bandeiras (buntine), pano de lã, pano (caliber, cloth, linen, material, rag, sail, stuff, wooden cloth), fungo (fungus, mushroom), filete (listel, undercut), arco de bandeiras. (various references) | |
Romanian | material pentru steaguri. (various references) | |
Russian | флаги, материя для флагов, материя для знамен, материя (fabric, material, matter, substance). (various references) | |
Serbo-Croatian | žutovoljka (yellow hammer). (various references) | |
Spanish | banderas (flags), verderón (ortolan), tejido para banderas (buntine), estameña (Serge), escribano (actuary, court clerk, notary), cuerda de bandera. (various references) | |
Swedish | flaggväv, flaggor (flags). (various references) | |
Turkish | bebek tulumu (crawler, creepers), bayramlarda asılan flâma, bayrak bezi, kiraz kuşu (whitethrout). (various references) | |
Ukrainian | тканина для прапорів, прапори, пташка (birdie). (various references) | |
Vietnamese | vải may cờ cờ. (various references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references. | ||
Derivations | |
Words beginning with "bunting": buntings. (additional references) | |
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"Bunting" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: banteng, Bantin, Bantung, Benteng, bentong, Bintang, bunnin, Bunning, Buntine, Buntins, Buntong, bunzing, Kuntang, lunting, Muntingh, Muntingia, unting. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| # of Phoneme Matches | Pronunciation | Word(s) rhyming with "bunting" (pronounced bu"nting) |
| 5 | -u" n t i ng | blunting, confronting, fronting, grunting, hunting, shunting. |
| 4 | -n t i ng | appointing, accenting, accounting, amounting, augmenting, cementing, chanting, circumventing, commenting, complementing, complimenting, consenting, counting, daunting, decanting, denting, disappointing, discounting, disorienting, dissenting, documenting, enchanting, experimenting, fainting, fermenting, fingerprinting, flaunting, fomenting, fragmenting, glinting, granting, haunting, hinting, implanting, implementing, imprinting, inventing, lamenting, minting, misrepresenting, mounting, painting, panting, parenting, patenting, pinpointing, planting, pointing, presenting, preventing, printing, ranting, recanting, recounting, reinventing, relenting, renting, repainting, replanting, representing, reprinting, resenting, slanting, sprinting, squinting, supplanting, supplementing, surmounting, tainting, taunting, tenting, tormenting, transplanting, unrelenting, unstinting, venting, wanting. |
| 3 | -t i ng | annotating, anticipating, appreciating, appropriating, approximating, arbitrating, abrogating, abutting, accelerating, accentuating, accepting, accommodating, abating, abbreviating, abdicating, abducting, abetting, aborting, accosting, accrediting, accumulating, acquitting, acting, activating, adapting, addicting, adjudicating, adjusting, administrating, admitting, adopting, advocating, affecting, affiliating, afflicting, aggravating, agitating, airlifting, alerting, alienating, alleviating, allocating, allotting, alternating, arresting, articulating, assassinating, assaulting, asserting, assimilating, assisting, associating, attempting, attesting, attracting, attributing, auditing, authenticating, automating, averting, awaiting, babysitting, backbiting, baiting, balloting, bankrupting, batting, beating, befitting, begetting, belting, benefiting, benefitting, berating, besetting, besting, betting, biting, bitting, blacklisting, blanketing, blasting, bloating, bloodletting, boasting, boating, bolting, boosting, booting, boycotting, breasting, broadcasting, budgeting, bullfighting, bursting, busting, butting, calculating, captivating, carpeting, carting, castigating, casting, castrating, catapulting, cavorting, celebrating, charting, chatting, cheating, chlorinating, circulating, citing, clotting, coagulating, coasting, coating, coexisting, cohabiting, collaborating, collecting, combating, combatting, comforting, commemorating, committing, communicating, commuting, compensating, competing, completing, complicating, composting, computing, concentrating, concocting, conducting, confiscating, conflicting, congratulating, connecting, consisting, consolidating, consorting, constituting, constricting, constructing, consulting, consummating, contacting, contaminating, contemplating, contesting, contracting, contradicting, contrasting, contributing, converting, convicting, cooperating, coordinating, copycatting, correcting, correlating, corroborating, corrupting, costing, counteracting, Counterfeiting, courting, crafting, crating, creating, crediting, cresting, culminating, cultivating, cutting, darting, dating, debating, debilitating, decaffeinating, decelerating, decimating, decorating, dedicating, deducting, defaulting, defeating, defecting, deflating, deflecting, defrosting, degenerating, delegating, deleting, deliberating, delighting, delineating, delisting, demonstrating, denigrating, departing, depicting, depleting, deporting, depositing, deprecating, depreciating, deregulating, deserting, designating, destructing, detecting, deteriorating, detonating, detracting, devastating, devoting, dictating, dieting, differentiating, digesting, diluting, directing, disconcerting, disconnecting, discrediting, discriminating, disgusting, disintegrating, dispiriting, disputing, disquieting, disrespecting, disrupting, dissecting, disseminating, dissipating, distorting, distracting, distributing, districting, diverting, divesting, domesticating, dominating, donating, doting, dotting, doubting, drafting, drifting, duplicating, dusting, eating, editing, educating, effecting, elaborating, elating, electing, electroplating, elevating, eliciting, eliminating, emanating, emigrating, emitting, emulating, enacting, encapsulating, encrusting, enlisting, entrusting, enunciating, equating, equivocating, eradicating, erecting, erupting, escalating, escorting, estimating, evacuating, evaluating, evaporating, everlasting, evicting, exacerbating, exacting, exaggerating, exalting, exasperating, excavating, excepting, exciting, excoriating, excruciating, executing, exempting, exerting, exhausting, exhibiting, exhilarating, exhorting, existing, exiting, exonerating, expecting, expediting, exploiting, exporting, extenuating, exterminating, extorting, extracting, extraditing, extrapolating, fabricating, facilitating, fascinating, fasting, faulting, feasting, ferreting, Fetting, fidgeting, fighting, firefighting, fitting, fleeting, flirting, flitting, floating, flouting, fluctuating, footing, footnoting, forecasting, forfeiting, forgetting, formulating, fretting, frosting, fruiting, frustrating, generating, getting, gifting, gloating, graduating, grafting, grating, gravitating, greeting, gritting, grouting, gunfighting, gusting, gutting, gyrating, hallucinating, halting, handwriting, harvesting, Hasting, hating, heating, hesitating, highlighting, hitting, hoisting, homeporting, hosting, humiliating, hurting, hydrogenating, igniting, illuminating, illustrating, imitating, impacting, imparting, impersonating, implicating, importing, inaugurating, incapacitating, incarcerating, incinerating, inciting, incorporating, incriminating, incubating, indicating, indicting, infatuating, infecting, infighting, infiltrating, inflating, inflicting, infuriating, ingesting, ingratiating, inhabiting, inheriting, inhibiting, initiating, injecting, innovating, inserting, insinuating, insisting, inspecting, instigating, instituting, instructing, insulating, insulting, integrating, interacting, intercepting, interdicting, interesting, interpreting, interrogating, interrupting, intersecting, intimidating, intoxicating, inundating, invalidating, investigating, investing, invigorating, inviting, irritating, isolating, jetting, jolting, jousting, jutting, kiting, knitting, lactating, lambasting, laminating, lasting, legislating, letting, levitating, liberating, lifting, lighting, limiting, liquidating, listing, litigating, locating, looting, lubricating, lusting, malting, mandating, manifesting, manipulating, marketing, marting, masturbating, mating, matting, mediating, meditating, meeting, melting, migrating, misappropriating, misinterpreting, misstating, mistreating, mitigating, moderating, molesting, molting, moonlighting, motivating, mutating, mutilating, muting, nauseating, navigating, necessitating, negating, neglecting, negotiating, nesting, netting, nitrating, nominating, nonbiting, nonoperating, nonsporting, nonvoting, noting, Nutting, objecting, obliterating, obstructing, obviating, officiating, offsetting, omitting, operating, opting, orbiting, orchestrating, originating, oscillating, ousting, Outfitting, outing, outwitting, overeating, overestimating, overheating, overreacting, overshooting, overstating, parachuting, participating, parting, pasting, patting, penetrating, percolating, perfecting, permeating, permitting, perpetrating, perpetuating, persecuting, persisting, perverting, petting, picketing, piloting, pirating, pitting, placating, plating, plotting, plummeting, pocketing, polluting, pontificating, populating, porting, posting, pouting, precipitating, predicting, predominating, preempting, preexisting, procrastinating, profiting, prognosticating, prohibiting, projecting, proliferating, promoting, prompting, promulgating, propagating, prosecuting, prospecting, protecting, protesting, pulsating, purporting, putting, quieting, quilting, quitting, quoting, radiating, rafting, ratcheting, rating, reacting, reactivating, readjusting, reallocating, reasserting, rebutting, recalculating, recasting, reciprocating, reciting, recollecting, reconnecting, reconstituting, reconstructing, recreating, recruiting, recuperating, redacting, redecorating, redirecting, redistributing, redistricting, reelecting, reevaluating, refitting, reflecting, refuting, regenerating, regretting, regulating, rehabilitating, reigniting, reincorporating, reinstating, reinstituting, reinterpreting, reinvesting, reinvigorating, reiterating, rejecting, rejuvenating, relating, relegating, relocating, remarketing, renegotiating, renovating, repatriating, repeating, replicating, reporting, repudiating, requesting, rerouting, resisting, resonating, resorting, respecting, restarting, restating, resting, restricting, resubmitting, resulting, resurrecting, resuscitating, retaliating, retesting, retracting, retreating, retrofitting, reuniting, reverberating, reverting, revisiting, revolting, rewriting, rioting, riveting, roasting, rocketing, rooting, rotating, rotting, rusting, salivating, salting, saluting, saturating, scapegoating, scouting, sculpting, seating, sedating, segregating, selecting, separating, setting, shafting, sheeting, shifting, shooting, shoplifting, shorting, shouting, shutting, sifting, sighting, simulating, siting, sitting, skating, skirting, skyrocketing, skywriting, slighting, slitting, slotting, smarting, smelting, snorting, soliciting, somersaulting, songwriting, sorting, speculating, spitting, splitting, sporting, spotlighting, spotting, spouting, sprouting, spurting, squatting, squirting, stagnating, starting, stating, stimulating, stipulating, strutting, subcontracting, subjecting, submitting, subordinating, substituting, subtracting, subverting, suffocating, suggesting, superconducting, supporting, suspecting, sweating, Sweeting, syndicating, tabulating, targeting, tasting, telecommuting, telemarketing, tempting, terminating, testing, thermosetting, thrusting, thwarting, ticketing, tilting, titillating, toasting, tolerating, toting, touting, translating, transmitting, transporting, treating, trotting, trumpeting, trusting, twisting, typecasting, typesetting, Typewriting, undercutting, underestimating, underreporting, understating, underwriting, undulating, unexciting, uninteresting, uninviting, uniting, unremitting, unseating, unsuspecting, unwitting, updating, uplifting, uprooting, upsetting, urinating, vacating, vacillating, validating, vaulting, ventilating, vesting, vetting, vibrating, violating, visiting, vomiting, voting, wafting, waiting, wasting, weighting, weightlifting, wetting, whiting, wildcatting, wilting, witting, wresting, writing, yachting. |
Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits. | ||
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "b-g-i-n-n-t-u" | |
-1 letter: tubing, tuning. | |
-3 letters: bint, bung, bunn, bunt, ting, tung, unit. | |
-4 letters: big, bin, bit, bug, bun, but, gib, gin, git, gnu, gun, gut, inn, nib, nit, nub, nun, nut, tin, tub, tug, tui, tun. | |
-5 letters: bi, in, it, nu, ti, un, ut. | |
| Words containing the letters "b-g-i-n-n-t-u" | |
+1 letter: blunting, buntings. | |
+2 letters: buttoning, obtunding, unbelting, unbolting. | |
+3 letters: antibusing, banqueting, burthening, incubating, intubating, outburning, subtending, sunbathing, undoubting. | |
+4 letters: bankrupting, bulletining, rebuttoning, unbefitting, unbonneting, unbuttoning. | |
+5 letters: antiglobulin, bituminizing, blueprinting, buttonholing, contributing, heartburning, infibulating, misbuttoning, obnubilating, outbalancing, outnumbering, unnegotiable. | |
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