bunch

/bəntʃ/

/bəntʃ/

Other forms: bunches; bunched; bunching

A group or cluster of something is a bunch. It could be a bunch of people or a bunch of grapes. If you pick a bunch of bananas, you might end up being followed by a bunch of monkeys.

When you use the word bunch, you're generally talking about an approximate number of similar items, like a bunch of flowers or a bunch of cats or a bunch of your friends meeting for dinner. The verb bunch means "gather together," or "form into a bunch," the way you might bunch daisies together in a vase, or your socks might bunch down inside your boots.

Definitions of bunch

1. noun

   a grouping of a number of similar things
   “a bunch of trees”

   synonyms: clump, cluster, clustering

   examples:

   Northern Cross

   a cluster of 5 bright stars forming a cross in the constellation Cygnus

   Omega Centauri

   a global cluster in the constellation Centaurus

   Pleiades

   a star cluster in the constellation Taurus

   types:

   knot

   a tight cluster of people or things

   swad

   a bunch

   tuft, tussock

   a bunch of hair or feathers or growing grass

   wisp

   a small tuft or lock

   hexenbesen, staghead, witch broom, witches' broom

   an abnormal tufted growth of small branches on a tree or shrub caused by fungi or insects or other physiological disturbance

   coma

   (botany) a usually terminal tuft of bracts (as in the pineapple) or tuft of hairs (especially on certain seeds)

   type of:

   agglomeration

   a jumbled collection or mass
2. noun

   any collection in its entirety
   synonyms: caboodle, lot

   type of:

   accumulation, aggregation, assemblage, collection

   several things grouped together or considered as a whole
3. noun

   an informal body of friends
   synonyms: crew, crowd, gang, posse

   type of:

   assemblage, gathering

   a group of persons together in one place
4. verb

   gather or cause to gather into a cluster
   “She bunched her fingers into a fist”

   synonyms: bunch up, bundle, clump, cluster

   types:

   agglomerate

   form into one cluster

   type of:

   form

   assume a form or shape
5. verb

   form into a bunch
   “The frightened children bunched together in the corner of the classroom”

   synonyms: bunch together, bunch up

   type of:

   clump, cluster, constellate, flock

   come together as in a cluster or flock