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Bunch

A protuberance; a hunch; a knob or lump; a hump.

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Broader term 11

Accumulation 76% connected

The act of accumulating, the state of being accumulated, or that which is accumulated; as, an accumulation of earth, of sand, of evils, of wealth, of…

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Agglomeration 76% connected

The act or process of collecting in a mass; a heaping together.

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Aggregation 76% connected

The act of aggregating, or the state of being aggregated; collection into a mass or sum; a collection of particulars; an aggregate.

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Assemblage 76% connected

The act of assembling, or the state of being assembled; association.

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Clump 76% connected

An unshaped piece or mass of wood or other substance.

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Cluster 76% connected

A number of things of the same kind growing together; a bunch.

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Collection 76% connected

The act or process of collecting or of gathering; as, the collection of specimens.

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Constellate 76% connected

To join luster; to shine with united radiance, or one general light.

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Flock 76% connected

A company or collection of living creatures; -- especially applied to sheep and birds, rarely to persons or (except in the plural) to cattle and othe…

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form 76% connected

A suffix used to denote in the form / shape of, resembling, etc.; as, valiform; oviform.

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Gathering 76% connected

of Gather

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Manner of action 1

Agglomerate 76% connected

To wind or collect into a ball; hence, to gather into a mass or anything like a mass.

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Knot 76% connected

A fastening together of the pars or ends of one or more threads, cords, ropes, etc., by any one of various ways of tying or entangling.

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Swad 76% connected

A cod, or pod, as of beans or pease.

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Tuft 76% connected

A collection of small, flexible, or soft things in a knot or bunch; a waving or bending and spreading cluster; as, a tuft of flowers or feathers.

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Tussock 76% connected

A tuft, as of grass, twigs, hair, or the like; especially, a dense tuft or bunch of grass or sedge.

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Derivationally related 4

Bunchy 74% connected

Swelling out in bunches.

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Bunchy 74% connected

Swelling out in bunches.

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Gang 74% connected

To go; to walk.

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Gang 74% connected

To go; to walk.

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Synonym 9

Bundle 92% connected

A number of things bound together, as by a cord or envelope, into a mass or package convenient for handling or conveyance; a loose package; a roll; a…

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Caboodle 92% connected

The whole collection; the entire quantity or number; -- usually in the phrase the whole caboodle.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Clump 92% connected

An unshaped piece or mass of wood or other substance.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Cluster 92% connected

A number of things of the same kind growing together; a bunch.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Clustering 92% connected

of Cluster

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Crew 92% connected

The Manx shearwater.

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Crowd 92% connected

To push, to press, to shove.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Gang 92% connected

To go; to walk.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Lot 92% connected

That which happens without human design or forethought; chance; accident; hazard; fortune; fate.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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