bundle

Reading level: hard

Estimated CEFR level: B1 — Intermediate

Estimated from word frequency; not an official CEFR classification.

Definition

  1. noun a collection of things wrapped or boxed together
  2. noun a package of several things tied together for carrying or storing
  3. noun a large sum of money (especially as pay or profit)

Etymology

From Middle English bundel, from Middle Dutch bondel or Old English byndele, byndelle (“a binding; tying; fastening with bands”); both from Proto-Germanic *bundil-, derivative of *bundą (“bundle”). Compare also bindle, Dutch bundel, German Bündel.

In classic literature

Synonyms

package, packet, parcel

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