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Definition of "buntings" [buntings]

  • Plural form of bunting. (noun)

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Use "buntings" in a sentence
  • "Shrubs and trees native to the area have been planted to create woodland, and a big field has been sown with crops that provide the winter forage that attracts the seed eaters: tree sparrows, yellowhammers and reed buntings among them."
  • "They were at once confidently identified by my companions: chaffinches, reed buntings and yellowhammers but no tree sparrows, although between 15 and 25 are now resident in this wetland, brought back by the establishment of the Cary Marsh nature reserve."
  • "And it is exactly through a voyage to water, to find a final resting place for Tanya -- Miron's beloved, and very recently deceased younger wife -- that this unusual trio comes together in Silent Souls, completed by the photographer Aist who brings along his own Greek chorus of sorts in the form of two buntings."