Meaning

11 senses
  1. (collective)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

    Bund, Strauß, Traube

    пучо́кpučók, буке́тbukét, свя́зкаsvjázka

    жмутžmut, в'я́зкаvʺjázka, гру́паhrúpa

    a grouping of a number of similar things

  2. (collective)The peloton; the main group of riders formed during a race.

  3. (collective)An informal body of friends.

    He still hangs out with the same bunch.

    компа́нияkompánija

    компа́ніяkompánija, гуртhurt

    an informal body of friends

  4. (US, informal)A considerable amount.

    a bunch of trouble

    ку́чаkúča, мно́гоmnógo

  5. (informal)An unmentioned amount; a number.

    A bunch of them went down to the field.

  6. A group of logs tied together for skidding.

  7. An unusual concentration of ore in a lode or a small, discontinuous occurrence or patch of ore in the wallrock.

  8. 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.

  9. An unfinished cigar, before the wrapper leaf is added.

    Two to four filler leaves are laid end to end and rolled into the two halves of the binder leaves, making up what is called the bunch.

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

  11. (obsolete)A seventeenth-century unit of Rhenish glass, 60 of which constitute a way or web.

Examples

405 sentences
  1. A bunch of people died in the explosion.

    Багато людей загинуло від вибуху.

    ruМножество людей погибли во время взрыва.

    deEin Haufen Leute starb bei der Explosion.

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  2. A bunch of people told me not to eat there.

    Багато хто казав мені там не їсти.

    ruНемало людей говорили мне не есть там.

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  3. Tom found a bunch of money.

    ruТом нашёл кучу денег.

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  4. I had a bunch of drinks.

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  5. Tom found a whole bunch of money.

    ruТом нашёл целую кучу денег.

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Translations

9 languages
Українська
By meaning 3
a group of similar things:
a cluster of grapes:
an informal body of friends:
Русский
By meaning 4
a group of similar things:
a cluster of grapes:
an informal body of friends:
a considerable amount:
Deutsch
By meaning 2
a group of similar things:
a cluster of grapes:

Origin

From Middle English bunche, bonche (“hump, swelling”), of uncertain origin.

From Middle English bunche, bonche (“hump, swelling”), of uncertain origin.

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Forms

plural: bunches
Singularbunch
Pluralbunches

regular

Synonyms

19 synonyms
group of similar things:groupA1cluster
informal body of friends:packA2gangB2circleA1
unusual concentration of ore:pocketA1kidneynestore pocketpocket of orenest of oreore bunchbunch of ore
Close in meaning

Word family

12 related words

Collocations

6 patterns
  • a bunch of
  • with a bunch
  • bunch of flowers
  • what a bunch
  • bunch of people
  • are a bunch

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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