BOUNTY


Meaning of BOUNTY in English

I . HMS Bounty

( also The Bounty )

a British ship on which a famous mutiny took place in 1789. The ship was returning from Tahiti in the Pacific Ocean when one of the officers, Fletcher Christian , led the crew against their harsh captain, William Bligh . Captain Bligh and some men who supported him were left in a small open boat while Christian and the crew returned on HMS Bounty to Tahiti and then settled in the Pitcairn Islands .

See also Mutiny on the Bounty .

II . Bounty™

n

a chocolate bar with sweet coconut inside, sold in Britain.

Oxford guide to British and American culture English vocabulary.      Руководство по британской и американской культуре, Оксфордский английский словарь.