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noun
- a league or confederacy; especially the confederation of German states.
- 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 http://www.buncefieldinvestigation.gov.uk/reports/report2.pdf
Translations: verb
- 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. http://www.riw.co.uk/applications/plant_room.htm RIW Ltd. Waterproofing Products
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