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bunch

bunch

971 1.0
A group of similar things held or put together
  • noun
  • /bʌntʃ/
: racimo
  • 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.

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Examples

  • We come cheaper by the bunch.

  • I got a bunch more stuff I wanna build.

  • All right, so found a bunch of stuff return.

  • And that of course, open up a bunch of new questions.

  • 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.

  • 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.

  • He gives you a whole bunch of great examples.

Synonyms

pile
vsbunch
447 1.9

A heap of things put together

focuses on grouped items rather than forming a heap or mound
cluster
vsbunch
189 3.1

A group of similar things or people close together

is about items held or grouped together rather than only being near each other
batch
vsbunch
183 3.2

A group of items made or handled together at one time

describes grouping by being held or gathered rather than by production timing
lot
vsbunch
118 1.0

A group of people or things considered together

refers to physical items grouped together, not just a general collective set
heap
vsbunch
85 1.1

A pile of things put on top of each other in no order

implies an organised grouping held together rather than a messy pile
clump
vsbunch
43 3.0

A small group of things like plants or soil that grow close together

is a general grouped set rather than a tightly compacted mass
piles
vsbunch
8 2.1

A large amount of things collected together, often in a stack

is about a grouped set rather than items piled or stacked together
buncho
vsbunch
  • Slang
1 9.9

A large number of things or people

is the neutral descriptive term for items physically grouped together

Antonyms

916 3.0

Relating to one person rather than to a group, or showing a person's own style

16 5.2

The spreading of things over a wide area, for example seeds or people

Idioms

thanks a bunch
  • Informal
6 7.7

An informal way of saying thank you very much

4 3.0

The person or thing that is better than all others in a group

To become too upset about a small problem

Compounds

bunch grass
  • Specialized
1 6.6

Grasses that grow in separate clumps instead of in one continuous area

1 9.9

An insulting phrase for journalists seen as biased and working for powerful people

bunch of bullbleep
  • Offensive
9.9

Talk that is false and hard to believe

How Many

mass
765 2.7
cluster
189 3.1
several
∞ 1.0
bunch
971 1.0
pair
∞ 1.0
item
∞ 1.0

Surface Forms

bunch singular
bunches plural

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.