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SYLLABICATION:bunt·ing
PRONUNCIATION:  bntng
NOUN:1. A light cotton or woolen cloth used for making flags. 2. Flags considered as a group. 3. Strips of cloth or material usually in the colors of the national flag, used especially as drapery or streamers for festive decoration.
ETYMOLOGY:Perhaps from German bunt, colored.
 
 
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