bunting

«bunting» in Mova's school dictionary: Rows of small coloured flags, often triangles, hung on a… — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

part of speech

noun (bunting, uncountable); noun (a bunting, buntings — a bird)

meaning for a pupil

1) Rows of small coloured flags, often triangles, hung on a string for a party or celebration. tree →

2) A small seed-eating bird, such as the reed bunting or the corn bunting. tree →

3) (old) A thin cloth used to make flags. tree →

sense in the lessons

Seen at street parties, fêtes, sports days and festivals, especially in the UK, Ireland, Australia and New Zealand. In maths, problems about how many flags fit along a length of bunting. In nature lessons, the bird. Phrases: «put up the bunting», «a string of bunting».

examples

• We hung bunting across the school hall for the party. tree →
• The street was covered in red, white and blue bunting. tree →
• Each metre of bunting has 4 flags, so 5 metres has 20 flags. tree →
• A reed bunting sang in the bushes. tree →
• We made paper bunting in art. tree →
• Take the bunting down after the fair. tree →

note

Flags sense is uncountable: «some bunting», «a lot of bunting», not «buntings». The bird is countable. In maths: number of flags = length × flags per metre.

Trees and pragmatics

Every meaning and example of «bunting» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.