bunch
- noun
- /bʌntʃ/
- She bought a bunch of ripe bananas from the market.
- a bunch of grapes
- a bunch of flowers
- a bunch of bananas
And then that was parlayed into a bunch of small movie parts.
- And then that was parlayed into a bunch of small movie parts.
- I'm going to go through a bunch of theses.
- So they've just sent me a bunch of new shades.
- And this cascades a whole bunch of problems.
- And that of course, open up a bunch of new questions.
- Or so I asked Ross to send me in a bunch of materials.
- Book names, a whole bunch of substances.
- And I got a bunch of lighting strips.
- It says, hey, next, a bunch of wooden cutting boards.
Examples
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We come cheaper by the bunch.
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I got a bunch more stuff I wanna build.
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All right, so found a bunch of stuff return.
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And that of course, open up a bunch of new questions.
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On the second morning of her stay, her big bunch of flowers arrived.
Fiction book (1990) -
Or so I asked Ross to send me in a bunch of materials.
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With some folks, traveling a bunch of miles is more important than a stop for a picture.
Academic text (1994) -
Then they set up a sofa, a bunch of chairs, and a table.
Fiction book (1990) -
Tommy turned up with a bunch of pink roses.
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He gives you a whole bunch of great examples.
Synonyms
A group of people or things considered together
A heap of things put together
A group of similar things or people close together
A group of items made or handled together at one time
A pile of things put on top of each other in no order
A small group of things like plants or soil that grow close together
A large number of things or people
A large amount of things collected together, often in a stack
Antonyms
Idioms
Compounds
- Offensive
An insulting phrase for journalists seen as biased and working for powerful people
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Surface Forms
Etymology
Bunch comes from an old word bunche meaning 'lump' or 'knot', so picture things tied or growing together in one lump, like a 'bunch of grapes'. That's why a bunch is a number of similar things held or grouped together.