Some Collective Nouns
March 04, 2019
Some Collective Nouns:
"A collective Noun is the name of a number (or collection)
of persons or things taken together and spoken of an one whole"-Martine.
Some examples are :
↪An army of soldiers
↪A bale of cotton/silk
↪A batch of students
↪A bench of judges
↪A bevy of ladies/women/models
↪A bundle of sticks/papers/hay.
↪A bunch of grapes/keys/flowers.
↪A board of directors.
↪A band of musicians/pilgrims
↪A clump of trees/bamboos.
↪A chain of mountains
↪A couple of games.
↪A crew of sailors
↪A council of ministers
↪A constellation/galaxy of stars
↪A crowd of people/passengers
↪A colony of rats/seals/ants.
↪A convey of quail
↪A flock of birds
↪A flock of sheep/ducks/pigeons
↪A flight of birds/stairs/steps
↪A fleet of ships
↪A gang of robbers/pickpockets/coolies/thieves/bandits
↪A gaggle of geese
↪A galaxy of talents
↪A group of politicians/ girls/trees/houses
↪A heap of files/books/sand
↪A herd of cows/deer/horses/elephants/pigs
↪A muster of peacocks
↪A patch of cloud
↪A pile of papers/books/rubbish
↪A pack of hounds/wolves
↪A packet of cigarettes
↪A pack of lions
↪A pair of shoes
↪A posse of policemen
↪A range of mountains
↪A row of trees.
↪A series of events
↪A swarm of bees
↪A stack of wood/hay
↪A shoal of fish
↪A suit of clothes
↪A school of whales/herrings/mackerels/dolphins
↪A skein of woolen thread
↪A set of tools
↪A squad of home guards
↪A sheaf of paddy/wheat/papers/arrows
↪A pack of foxes
↪A staff of servants
↪A stud of racing horses
↪A troupe of singers/dancers.
↪A troop of monkeys/soldiers
↪A team of inspectors
↪A board of directors
↪A choir of singers
↪A class of students
↪A crowd of people
↪A pack of cards
↪A pack of lies
↪A gang/ pack of thieves
↪A panel of experts
↪A team of players
↪An army of ants
↪A hive of bees
↪A litter of puppies
↪A murder of crows
↪A swarm of locusts
↪A bouquet of flowers
↪A bunch of flowers
↪A fleet of ships
↪A forest of trees
↪A galaxy of stars
↪A wad of notes
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