'Bunting' definitions:
Definition of 'bunting'
From: WordNet
noun
A loosely woven fabric used for flags, etc.
noun
Any of numerous seed-eating songbirds of Europe or North America
Definition of 'Bunting'
From: GCIDE
- Bunting \Bun"ting\, Buntine \Bun"tine\, n. [Prov. E. bunting sifting flour, OE. bonten to sift, hence prob. the material used for that purpose.] A thin woolen stuff, used chiefly for flags, colors, and ships' signals. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'Bunting'
From: GCIDE
- Bunting \Bun"ting\, n. [Scot. buntlin, corn-buntlin, OE. bunting, buntyle; of unknown origin.] (Zool.) A bird of the genus Emberiza, or of an allied genus, related to the finches and sparrows (family Fringillid[ae]). [1913 Webster]
- Note: Among European species are the common or corn bunting (Emberiza miliaria); the ortolan ({Emberiza hortulana}); the cirl (Emberiza cirlus); and the black-headed (Granitivora melanocephala). American species are the bay-winged or grass ({Po["o]c[ae]tes gramineus} or Po[oe]cetes gramineus); the black-throated (Spiza Americana); the towhee bunting or chewink (Pipilo); the snow bunting ({Plectrophanax nivalis}); the rice bunting or bobolink, and others. See Ortolan, Chewick, Snow bunting, {Lark bunting}. [1913 Webster] Bunting
Synonyms of 'bunting'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- and blue,
- banderole,
- banner,
- banneret,
- black flag,
- blue ensign,
- burgee,
- coachwhip,
- colors,
- Dannebrog,
- ensign,
- flag,
- gonfalon,
- gonfanon,
- guidon,
- house flag,
- jack,
- Jolly Roger,
- long pennant,
- merchant flag,
- national flag,
- Old Glory,
- oriflamme,
- pennant,
- pennon,
- pennoncel,
- red,
- red ensign,
- royal standard,
- signal flag,
- standard,
- Star-Spangled Banner,
- Stars and Stripes,
- streamer,
- swallowtail,
- tricolor,
- Union Flag,
- Union Jack,
- vexillum,
- white