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bunting
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bunt·ing 1  (bntng)
n.
1. A light cotton or woolen 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  (bntng)
n.
Any of various birds of the family Fringillidae, having short, cone-shaped bills and brownish or grayish plumage.

[Middle English.]

bunt·ing 3  (bntng)
n.
A snug-fitting, hooded sleeping bag of heavy material for infants.

[Perhaps from Scots buntin, plump, short.]

bunting 1
Noun
decorative flags, pennants, and streamers [origin unknown]

bunting 2
Noun
a songbird with a short stout bill [origin unknown]
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Noun1.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 America
finch - any of numerous small songbirds with short stout bills adapted for crushing seeds
indigo bird, indigo bunting, indigo finch, Passerina cyanea - small deep blue North American bunting
Emberiza hortulana, ortolan, ortolan bunting - brownish Old World bunting often eaten as a delicacy
Emberiza schoeniclus, reed bunting - European bunting inhabiting marshy areas
Emberiza citrinella, yellow bunting, yellowhammer - European bunting the male being bright yellow
Emberiza aureola, yellow-breasted bunting - common in Russia and Siberia
Translations
bunting [ˈbʌntɪŋ] nempavesada, banderas fpl

bunting [ˈbʌntɪŋ] npavoisement m, drapeaux mpl

bunting [ˈbʌntɪŋ] n (flags) → Wimpel pl, Fähnchen pl

bunting [ˈbʌntɪŋ] npavesi mpl; bandierine fpl

bunting
n bunting [ˈbantiŋ]
flags for use in celebrations. vlae الدُّرسه: طائِر знамена vlajkosláva, prapor flagguirlande die Flaggen (pl.) σημαιάκια για στολισμό σε επετείους banderines lipuehted پرچم های کوچک برای تزئین juhlaliputus drapeaux דִגְלוֹן ध्वजपट, झण्डे barjak zászló umbul-umbul fáni, fánaskreyting bandiere (축제용) 기 vėliavos, gatvių papuošalai karodziņi (svētku izrotājumiem) panji-panji dundoek, wimpel flaggpynt (rodzaj dekoracji) bandeirola steaguri флаги vlajkosláva zastave ukrasna zastavica flaggdekorationer ธงหรือกระดาษสีประดับถนนหรืออาคารในเทศกาลฉลอง kutlama bayrakları 旗幟 прапори جھنڈیاں ، پھریرے cờ trang trí


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