Complete Definition of "bund"

see|Bund
English

Noun
bund

  1. a league or confederacy; especially the confederation of German states.
  2. A secondary enclosure, typically consisting of a wall or berm, which surrounds a tank or fluid-handling mechanism, intended to contain any spills or leaks.

#: The most important of these [secondary containment] provisions are bunds, which are enclosures capable of holding liquids that may escape from the vessels and pipes within the bund wall. -- Second progress report on the Buncefield investigation 1

Translations
league or confederacy
Romanian: legatura f, uniune f

Verb
en-verb

  1. To provide berms or other secondary enclosures to guard against accidental fluid spills within.

#:Plant room floors are generally bunded and/or waterproofed to contain any leaks or spillages of liquids and fluids from faulty tanks, plant or pipe work. RIW Ltd. Waterproofing Products

Category:Persian derivations

io:bund
ta:bund
vi:bund
zh:bund

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