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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 is a collective noun for smartphones?
There is no standard collective noun for iPods.Since an iPod is a trademarked product made by a manufacturer; the collective noun for a manufacturers group of products would be a line of iPods.
As a consumer product, iPods are normally individually owned or possessed by a consumer; but if you happen to be a consumer with a number of iPods, you have a collection of iPods.
Some collective nouns suggested for iPods are:
- a pod of iPods
- a puddle of iPods
- a cemetery of iPods
What is the collective noun for elaphants?
The collective noun for antelopes are:
- herd of antelopes
- a cluster of antelopes
- a tribe of antelopes
What is a collective noun of stairs?
These are 2 standard collective nouns for stairs:
- A flight of stairs
- A set of stairs
Can parade be a collective noun?
Yes, the noun 'parade' is a collective noun for a parade of elephants or a parade of penguins.
What is the collective noun of watching a match?
A crowd is the collective noun for people watching a match. You cannot have a collective noun of watching a match because watching is a verb, not a noun.
Why are a group of polar bears called a celebration?
Polar bears are solitary animals, so there is not an officially recognized word for 'herd of polar bears', just as there is no word for 'herd of crocodiles'. In cases where other species of bears commonly live together, a group is called a 'sloth' (don't ask). Probably at some point someone just came up with the word because of the idea that if these solitary animals gathered for some reason (which is usually the discovery of a big juicy carcass or other source of food) they look like a group celebrating something with a good meal.
What is the correct collective noun for coots?
Collective nouns for coots are a cover of coots, a covert of coots, a fleet of coots, a flock of coots, a rasp of coots, and a swarm of coots.
Is son-in-law is a collective noun?
No, the noun 'son-in-law' is a singular, compound noun.
A collective noun is a noun used to group people or things in a descriptive way.
Some nouns that might be used for a group of sons-in-law, for example, a pair of sons-in-law or a trio of sons-in-law.
What is the collective noun for football match called?
The noun 'team' is the collective noun for football players: a team of players.
Another collective noun is: a squad of footballers.
What is antiques collective noun?
There is no standard collective noun specifically for antique coins.
The most common noun used is a collection of antique coins.
The standard collective nouns for coins are a roll of coins and a roleau of coins.
What is a collective noun for jets?
All collective nouns are common nouns.
There is no collective nouns specifically for jet planes, however the collective nouns for planes can be used; they are:
- a fleet of planes (a fleet of jet planes)
- a squadron of planes (a squadron of jet planes)
- a stack of planes (a stack of jet planes)
Is accuracy is collective noun?
No, the word 'accuracy' is a common, abstract, uncountable noun; a word for the quality or state of being correct or precise.
A collective noun is a word used to group people or things taken together as one whole in a descriptive way; for example a crew of workers, a pod of whales, a bouquet of flowers, etc.
Whats is collective nouns of pictures and stamps?
Collective nouns for pictures may be an album of pictures or a gallery of pictures.
Collective nouns for stamps are a collection of stamps, a roll of stamps, or a sheet of stamps.
A noun used to group nouns is called a collective noun.
A collective noun is a noun used to group people or things in a descriptive way.
For example:
- an assembly of worshipers
- a bench of judges
- a crowd of people
- a cloud of mosquitoes
- a herd of cattle
- a bouquet of flowers
What are collective nouns for chocolate?
The word 'chocolate' is a noun, a common, concrete noun; an uncountable noun as a word for the substance (a material noun) chocolate; a count noun as a word for candies made from chocolate.
Some noun synonyms for chocolate are:
beverage
brown
candy
flavor
ingredient
nut
seed
treat
What is the example of collective nouns family in a sentence?
Example uses of the noun family as a collective noun:
A family of squirrels has built a nest in our rain gutter.
The Jacksons are a family of entertainers.
This family of blues should be accented with some yellow.
