Related to collective noun:abstract noun The following article is fromThe Great Soviet Encyclopedia(1979). It might be outdated or ideologically biased. Collective Nouns nouns that refer to a group of persons, objects, or phenomena as an indivisible whole. Examples arerodnia(“kinsfolk”),molodezh...
However, things can get a little bit trickier when the members of a collective noun or the things described by a collective noun function as individuals rather than a group. For example: “The committee put their signatures on the document.” Since all of the members of the committee would ...
Item Proper noun to use conies A bury of conies hogs A parcel of hogs hogs A passel of hogs information A wealth of information islands A chain of islands islands An archipelago of islands jays A party of jays jays A band of jays jellyfish A fluther of jellyfish jellyfish A smack of ...
For some animals, there is more than one collective noun, reflecting how close people have been to them througout history. Have a look at Cats, Dogs and Horses in the list below. Some collective nouns are used for more than one animal. For example, both Bats and Ants can be found in ...
A building of rooks (-TR1-) A bunch of drongoes (-suggested by David Bannister, db@antiquemaps.co.uk-) A bunch of grapes (-submitted by ojo6-) A bunch of janes (-suggested by David Bannister, db@antiquemaps.co.uk-) A burden of yolks (-suggested by RP4-) ...
For some animals, there is more than one collective noun, reflecting how close people have been to them througout history. Have a look at Cats, Dogs and Horses in the list below. Some collective nouns are used for more than one animal. For example, both Bats and Ants can be found in ...