You might have come across a lot of collective nouns while reading several books or surfing through the internet. You are aware of the significance and application of Collective Noun in the previous EnglishBix Blogs. So this time we would be having some learning experience by looking at the list of common collective nouns and how they can be used in a sentence.
List of Collective Nouns for Things
Following is a long list of collective names or words for groups of things. Make sure you understand their use with the given examples.
1. A pair of shoes
Example: The only other things the monk might have were a pendant cross and a pair of shoes or sandals, although some went barefoot as a lifelong penance.
2. A group/chain of islands
Example: Two new islands were formed in 2011 and 2013 in the Zubair Archipelago, a small chain of islands owned by Yemen.
3. A chain/range of mountains
Example: Eastwards the ridge opened out in a series of bumps, dips, and peaks, more like a small range of mountains than one single hill.
4. A bale of cotton
Example: The scientists, led by a textile technologist, used various methods to condition samples taken from a bale of cotton.
5. A shower of rain
Example: A shower of rain washes his face clean, after which he is welcomed back home with his now pink face.
6. A fleet of ships
Example: Gordon resorted to hiring a fleet of ships and forcibly transporting his Hebridean crofters to Canada, where they were conveniently abandoned on Canadian authorities.
7. A series of events
Example: But then the education minister of the time, Thomas Wells, resigned, setting in motion a series of events that changed everything.
8. A glossary of words/phrases
Example: A listing of authors and a glossary of words can be found at the end of the book.
9. A bundle of sticks
Example: When I finished that I went home and practiced striking a bundle of sticks with a bokken.
10. A list of names
Example: She found a piece of paper with a list of names on one column, and a list of figures on the next column.
11. A line of cars
Example: A line of cars clogs the tree-lined street, engines idling in the sun.
12. A cluster of stars
Example: The center of our galaxy lies within a cluster of stars in the constellation Sagittarius.
13. A set of tools
Example: That is why 180 nations assembled in The Hague in November to try and agree on a set of tools for cutting greenhouse gas emissions.
14. A gallery of pictures
Example: It may be disturbing to view, but this is a gallery of pictures of evacuees arriving in Melbourne and the Alfred Hospital.
15. A clutch of eggs
Example: Once the male has fertilized a clutch of eggs, he carries them in his mouth for one to two weeks, until they hatch.
16. A batch of bread
Example: Once a batch of bread has been mixed with the leaven, there are two ways in which the system can be perpetuated.
17. A flight of stairs
Example: He tramped up a flight of stairs and appeared in the minstrels’ gallery overlooking the main collection hall.
18. A sheaf of arrows
Example: Thus, a blazing spear, a sword of flame, a bow, or a sheaf of arrows seen in the midnight sky, prefigured Indian warfare.
19. A babel of words
Example: And when they quarrel, what a Babel of words, and what a Quakerism of hands!
20. A palette of colors
Example: Getting up to our elbows in textures, fabrics, metals, is just as exciting to us as a palette of colors and the blank canvas was to Picasso.
21. A battery of guns
Example: It would have held a battery of guns and an accompanying garrison, designed to prevent enemy vessels from entering the harbor.
22 A pack of cards
Example: The owner said they were arguing about which way the queen of hearts looks in a pack of cards.
23. A network of computers
Example: The other type of stock exchange has a network of computers where trades are made electronically.
24. A library of books
Example: A Californian gold digger having become rich, desired a friend to procure for him a library of boo
25. Bale Of Cotton
Is a standard-sized and weighted pack of compressed cotton lint after ginning
26. Bale Of Hay
A bale is a bound-up bundle, usually made of hay
27. Belt Of Asteroids
The asteroid belt is the smallest and innermost known circumstellar disc in the Solar System.
28. Bunch Of Grapes
A bunch of people is a group of people who share one or more characteristics
29. Bundle Of Newspapers
A bale consists of five bundles, ten reams
30. Bundle Of Sticks
Bundle of rods bound together around an axe with the blade projecting
31. Bushel Of Apples
A bushel of apples is 4 pecks of apples.
32. Cluster Of Computers
Is a set of computers that work together so that they can be viewed as a single system
33. Cluster Of Desks
Cluster seating changes the way the classroom functions. Instead of having desks in rows where students are all facing the front and back
34. Cluster Of Stars
Star clusters are large groups of stars.
35. Deck Of Cards
A pack of 52 playing cards.
36. Flight Of Stairs
Called a stairway, staircase, stairwell, or just stairs
37. Pack Of Ciggrettes
A pack of squares is slang for a “pack of cigarettes.”
38. Pack Of Gum
A small package, carton, or container, used to retail commodities,
39. Packet Of Information
A small amount of data sent over a network, such as a LAN or the Internet.
40. Pair Of Glasses
A pair of lenses set in a frame worn on the nose and ears in order to correct deficiencies in eyesight or to ornament the face
41. Pair Of Pants
A single garment that covers one’s legs individually with sleeves, and also covers the pelvis
42. Pair Of Shoelaces
They typically consist of a pair of strings or cords, one for each shoe
43. Pair Of Socks
Two identical or similar things matched for use together
44. Pile Of Leaves
Is the arrangement of leaves on a plant stem.
45. Pile Of Magazines
A large number of things that are put one on top of another
46. Pile Of Papers
An assemblage of things laid or lying one upon the other
47. Rack Of Books
A rack for holding books.
48. Rack Of Ribs
A set of ribs served together
49. Range Of Mountains
A series of mountains or mountain ridges closely related in position and direction
50. Disc Of Series
The first commercial compact disc and a recording of a series
Save this list for your future reference and Keep it handy with you. This will help you get to some collective nouns and how to use them in sentences.
You can suggest some more group words to add to this list by commenting down below.
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