A noun that refers to a group of individuals or individual things (e.g., team of players, bundle of newspapers or a wealth of blogs, as seen on the ETO blog)..
I have put together a list of collective nouns for you guys and girls. There are so many collective nouns in English grammar, so I have picked a few that I think are more fun and interesting.
Have a read, go out and use these collective nouns and impress your friends. Enjoy ^__^
Objects Collective Noun
Apples Bushel
Bananas Bunch, Comb
Cash/Bills/Notes Wad
Bread Batch
Canyons Maze
Chairs Fold
Clothes Suit
Condiments Accompaniment
Documents Dossier, Wealth
Drinks Round
Drugs Cocktail
Eggs Clutch
Firewood Faggot
Flowers Bunch, Bouquet
Furniture Suite
Grapes Bunch
Information Wealth
Islands Archipelago, Chain, Group
Keys Ring
Machine guns Nest
Mountains Range
Paper Pad (together), Ream (loose)
Ribs Rack
Ships Armada, Fleet, Flotilla
Stairs Flight
Steps Flight
Sticks Fagot
Things Bunch, Cluster
Trash Heap, Pile
Trees Clump, Coupe, Forest, Grove, Stand, Stillness, Thicket, Wood
Trucks Convoy
Winnings Purse
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By: Luke
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