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Collective Nouns

A collective noun is the word used to label a group of nouns as a whole. For instance, a group of fish is collectively called a school.

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What are the collective noun of sailors and singers?

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The collective nouns are a crew of sailors and a choir of singers.

What is a collective noun for a group of friends?

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There is no standard collective noun for a group of friends. The noun 'group' is a collective noun in the term 'a group of friends'.

What is the collective noun for news?

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There is no standard collective noun for the noun 'news'.

A collective noun is a noun used to group people or things in a descriptive or fanciful way. A collective noun is an informal part of language. Any noun that suits the situation can function as a collective noun, for example, "a heap of news" or "an outpouring of news".

What is collective noun for potatoes?

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The collective noun is a sack of potatoes.

What Is a group of trees called?

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A group of trees is called a grove or a stand.

Birds gathered in the grove of trees.


Weeping willow trees are usually solitary and do not grow in stands or groves.

Is the word 'poultry' a collective noun?

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Poultry is for domestic fowl collectively, chickens, turkeys, ducks, geese and so on

List of collective nouns of places?

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Collective nouns for places are:

  • a chain of islands
  • a union of states
  • a confederation of states
  • an alliance of countries
  • a range of mountains
  • a block of flats
  • a network of roads

How many collective nouns does this sentence contain the study group was interested in the behavior of the aduience during a boring speech?

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There are no collective nouns in the sentence. A collective noun is determined by its use. A collective noun is a word used to group other nouns in a descriptive way.

The nouns 'group' and 'audience' are often used as collective nouns, but in this sentence they are not. The nouns 'group' and 'audience' are not describing anyone.

What is the collective noun for hippos?

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The collective nouns are a bloat of hippos, a crash of hippos, or a herd of hippos.

What are collective nouns for asteroids?

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There is no specific collective noun for 'comet', most likely because comets are rarely found in groups. However, it is possible to have a cluster or comets, a series of comets, or (as is theorized) a cloud of comets.

What is collective noun for bench?

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The noun bench is used as a collective noun for:

  • a bench of bishops
  • a bench of aldermen
  • a bench of judges
  • a bench of magistrates

What is the collective noun of anteaters?

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There is not specific collective noun for anteaters, most likely because anteaters are solitary animals. However, if you need a word for a group of anteaters, a noun suitable for the context is used, for example a pair of anteaters, a family of anteaters, etc.

What is the collective noun for cups?

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The collective noun is a set of cups.

How do you get rid of jellyfish?

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You can not get rid of jellyfish, they have been in the ocean forever. They are here to stay.

When did the domestication of the horse start?

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There is no exact record of when horses were domesticated. Horses were hunted for centuries, and after that humans began to tame them and keep them in herds, much like cattle. The best estimate is around the years 4000 to 3500 BCE.

What is another name for herd of rhinos?

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They do not live in herds, they are solitary animals

Is there such thing as a fleet of birds?

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The general collective noun for birds is a flock of birds.

Many individual species of birds also have their own collective nouns, for example:

  • a charm of goldfinches
  • a convocation of eagles
  • a drift of swans
  • a host of sparrows
  • a parliament of owls
  • a stand of flamingos
  • a watch of nightingales
  • a wedge of geese

The noun fleet is a standard collective noun for a fleet of ships, a fleet of planes, or a fleet of vehicles of any kind.