—bunch /bʌntʃ/
noun (GROUP)
B1 [C] a number of things of the same type fastened together or in a close group:
» a bunch of flowers/grapes/bananas/keys» MAINLY US INFORMAL The reorganization will give us a whole bunch (= a lot) of problems.Thesaurus+: ↑Groups and collections of things , ↑Variety and mixturesThesaurus+: ↑Groups of peopleB1 [S] a group of people:
» They're a bunch of hooligans.» Your friends are a nice bunch.Thesaurus+: ↑Groups of peoplethe best/pick of the bunchF0 the best person or thing from a group of similar people or things:
» Send in your poems and we'll publish the pick of the bunch.Thesaurus+: ↑People having good qualitiesThesaurus+: ↑Good and excellent things• • •
Extra Examples:» Those builders are a bunch of cowboys - they made a terrible job of our extension.» These politicians are just a bunch of crooks.» a bunch of grapes» Using a bunch of bananas, the zoo-keeper persuaded the monkey back into its cage.» She sent him a bunch of red roses.noun (HAIRSTYLE)
bunches [plural] UK► F0 If a girl has her hair in bunches, it is tied together in two parts with one at each side of her head: » As a little girl she wore her hair in bunches.Thesaurus+: ↑Hairstyles- be dripping with sth
- be driving at sth
- bedrock
- bedroom
- bedroom community
- -bedroomed
- bed sheet
- bedside
- bedside manner
- bedside table
- bedsit
- bedsitter
- bed-sitting room
- bedsore
- bedspread
- bedstead
- bed sth out
- bed-tea
- bedtime
- be due for sth
- be dull as ditchwater
- be duty bound to do sth
- bed-wetting
- be dying for/to do sth
- bee