Meaning

(countable) A group of objects held together by wrapping or tying..

Definitions by Sense

1. (countable) A group of objects held together by wrapping or tying.
2. (countable) A package wrapped or tied up for carrying.
3. A group of products or services sold together as a unit.
4. (informal) A large amount, especially of money.
5. (biology) A cluster of closely bound muscle or nerve fibres.
6. (linguistics, education) A sequence of two or more words that occur in language with high frequency but are not idiomatic; a chunk, cluster, or lexical bundle.
7. (computing, Mac OS X) A directory containing related resources such as source code; application bundle.
8. A quantity of paper equal to two reams (1000 sheets).

Example Sentences

a bundle of straw or of paper

a bundle of noodles

a bundle of old clothes

The fable of the rods, which, when united in a bundle, no strength could bend.

This software bundle includes a wordprocessor, a spreadsheet, and two games.

The inventor of that gizmo must have made a bundle.

I mean it's nothing for him to go to the races, do a bundle, and come home laughing and joking like nothing's happened.

They unmercifully bundled me and my gallant second into our own hackney coach.

Word Forms

• bundles
• bundling
• bundled

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When Should You Use Bundle?

Use bundle when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.

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