bunchnoun
uk/bʌntʃ/us/bʌntʃ/bunch 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.
B1 [ S ] a group of people:
They're a bunch of jerks.
Your friends are a nice bunch.
the best/pick of the bunch
the best person or thing from a group of similar people or things:
Send in your poems and we'll publish the best of the bunch.
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- 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.
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Groups and collections of things
- agglomeration
- Aladdin's cave
- anthology
- assemblage
- bank
- basket
- cache
- empty set
- ensemble
- feast
- generation
- glory box
- grab bag
- package
- pool
- selection
- sheaf
- sheaves
- subgroup
- vintage
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You can also find related words, phrases, and synonyms in the topics:
Groups of people
People having good qualities
Good and excellent things
bunch noun (HAIRSTYLE)
bunches [ plural ] UK
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.
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Hairstyles
- barnet
- blowout
- bob
- bun
- close-cropped
- coiffed
- comb-over
- cornrow
- crew cut
- fauxhawk
- flattop
- fringe
- loose
- pageboy
- permanent wave
- pigtail
- ponytail
- quiff
- shake
- shoulder-length
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Idiom(s)
a bunch of fives