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Look up: bund

  1. Bund
    India Raised embankment
    Found on http://www.britishempire.co.uk/glossary/

  2. Bund
    an outer wall or tank designed to retain the contents of an inner tank in the event of leakage or spillage
    Found on http://www.oasisenviro.co.uk/Glossary%20

  3. Bund
    is an enclosure designed to hold at least 110% of the contents of a liquid storage vessel, tank or drums without their being able to escape. Bunds are usually made of concrete or masonry but can be metal
    Found on http://www.epaw.co.uk/EPT/glossary.html

  4. Bund
    The provision of liquid collection facilities which in the event of any leak or spillage from tanks or pipe work will capture well in excess of the volume of liquids held within the bund area. Bunded areas should drain to a capture tank which should have facilities for water/oil separation.
    Found on http://www.bio-power.co.uk/glossary.htm

  5. bund
    earthen dike or concrete wall built around an oil tank or tanks to contain the oil in the event of tank ruptures or fire(1) Category: Management in the public and private sector • dyke,embankment:a continuous vertical or near-vertical wall or structure acting as a bank protection along the front of the margin Category: Building industry
    Found on http://www.mijnwoordenboek.nl/definition

  6. Bund
    A wall of earth or brick which will contain oil, silt or other similar liquids, to contain them in the event of a spillage. A large bund may be used to hide unsightly plant from view.
    Found on http://rugby.cemex.co.uk/crossproductpag

  7. Bund
    Bund noun [ G.] League; confederacy; esp. the confederation of German states.
    Found on http://www.encyclo.co.uk/webster/B/112

  8. Bund
    Bund noun [ Hindi band .] An embankment against inundation. [ India] S. Wells Williams.
    Found on http://www.encyclo.co.uk/webster/B/112

  9. Bund
    `Bund` is the German and Yiddish word for `Federation` or `Union`, in which context it is pronounced ``boont``. `Bund` is also an English word deriving from the Urdu word `band`, which means embankment, levee or dam. In this context it is usually pronounced to rhyme with `fund`. It can also refer to: * The Bund, a famous waterfront area in Shanghai, China **`The Bund (TV series)`, a Hong Kong television series produced by TVB * General Jewish ...
    Found on http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bund

  10. Bund
    • (n.) League; confederacy; esp. the confederation of German states. • (n.) An embankment against inundation.
    Found on http://thinkexist.com/dictionary/meaning

  11. Bund
    Jewish Socialist political movement founded in Vilnius in 1897 by a small group of workers and intellectuals from the Jewish Pale of tsarist Russia. ...
    Found on http://www.britannica.com/eb/a-z/b/128


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21 November 2009

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On 21st November 1974 the Provisional IRA plants bombs in two Birmingham pubs: the Mulberry Bush and the Tavern in the Town. Twenty-one people die and 182 are injured. A few minutes before the explosions a warning had been telephoned to the local newspaper, the Birmingham Post and Mail, but it was far too late. The first Birmingham bomb, at the Mulberry Bush pub in the basement of the Rotunda, a 20-storey office and retail complex and it exploded six minutes after the telephone warning. There was not enough time for police to clear the area. Earlier that year nine soldiers were killed when a bomb exploded on a coach on the M62 near Bradford, while two bombs in Guildford killed four soldiers and injured scores of other people. read more

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