bunch
/bʌnt͡ʃ/ noun B1- A group of similar things, either growing together, or in a cluster or clump, usually fastened together. · a bunch of grapes· a bunch of bananas
- The peloton; the main group of riders formed during a race.
- An informal body of friends. · He still hangs out with the same bunch.
- A considerable amount. · a bunch of trouble
- An unmentioned amount; a number. · A bunch of them went down to the field.
- A group of logs tied together for skidding.
- An unusual concentration of ore in a lode or a small, discontinuous occurrence or patch of ore in the wallrock.
- The reserve yarn on the filling bobbin to allow continuous weaving between the time of indication from the midget feeler until a new bobbin is put in the shuttle.
Plural bunches
Phrasal verbs and expressions
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“You are the historian of this bunch.
If yer does know him, and he’s on de square, w’y I’ll spiel yer de bunch of hot air he sent yer.”
She says she caught yer dead to rights, huggin’ a bunch o’ calico in de hot-house.
The countess left the arm of Monte Cristo, and gathered a bunch of Muscatel grapes.
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