Antonyms for bunches
| Grammar : Noun, verb |
| Spell : buhnch |
| Phonetic Transcription : bʌntʃ |
Definition of bunches
Origin :- early 14c., "protuberance on the body, swelling," perhaps echoic of the sound of hitting and connected to bump (cf., possibly in similar relationship, hump/hunch).
- The sense of "cluster" is mid-15c.; connection with the earlier sense is obscure, and this may be a separate word, perhaps through a nasalized form of Old French bouge (2), 15c., from Flemish boudje diminutive of boud "bundle." Meaning "a lot, a group" is from 1620s.
- noun collection of something
- verb gather in group
- If it were not for that, we should look like bunches of uprooted seaweed dried in the sun.
- Extract from : « Tanglewood Tales » by Nathaniel Hawthorne
- She stroked the sleek necks of the colts and handed them bunches of grass.
- Extract from : « The Gentleman From Indiana » by Booth Tarkington
- Clemence related that she had one day eaten three bunches of watercresses at her lunch.
- Extract from : « L'Assommoir » by Emile Zola
- They were tied carefully in bunches, and hung in the garret of the farm-house to dry.
- Extract from : « Harper's Young People, August 10, 1880 » by Various
- McPike is noteworthy because of the large size of the berries and bunches.
- Extract from : « Manual of American Grape-Growing » by U. P. Hedrick
- The bunches are of but medium size and the berries are small.
- Extract from : « Manual of American Grape-Growing » by U. P. Hedrick
- They cost forty cents a bunch, so we only got three bunches.
- Extract from : « Old Rail Fence Corners » by Various
- Sometimes they have sprays of arbutus in their buttonholes, or bunches of hepatica.
- Extract from : « The Wit of a Duck and Other Papers » by John Burroughs
- When he was in condition his muscles stood out in bunches all over him.
- Extract from : « Lost Face » by Jack London
- Laths, lumber, and bunches of shingles were ripped loose and went into the sea.
- Extract from : « Blow The Man Down » by Holman Day
Synonyms for bunches
- agglomeration
- assemblage
- assemble
- assortment
- band
- batch
- bevy
- blob
- bouquet
- bundle
- caboodle
- chunk
- clump
- cluster
- collect
- congregate
- covey
- cram
- crew
- crowd
- fascicle
- flock
- galaxy
- gang
- gathering
- group
- heap
- herd
- host
- huddle
- hunk
- knot
- lot
- mass
- mess
- mob
- multitude
- number
- oodles
- pack
- parcel
- party
- passel
- pile
- quantity
- sheaf
- shebang
- shock
- shooting match
- spray
- stack
- swarm
- team
- thicket
- troop
- tuft
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