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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 the Collective noun for rabbits and hares?
The collective nouns for rabbits are: bury of rabbits colony of rabbits down of rabbits drove of rabbits husk of rabbits leash of rabbits trace of rabbits trip of rabbits warren of rabbits nest of rabbits (young) wrack of rabbits (young) And for hares: drove of hares down of hares husk of hares leash of hares trace of hares trip of hares warren of hares I hope this is useful!
What is a collective noun for troop?
The word troupe is a standard collective noun for:
- a troupe of actors
- a troupe of performers
- a troupe of acrobats
- a troupe of dancers
- a troupe of baboons
What is a collective noun for koalas?
There is no collective noun for koalas. When there is a group sharing trees in overlapping home ranges, it is called a colony, but while koalas do live in complex social structures, they are actually solitary animals.
What is the collective noun for bottles?
There is no specific collective noun for bottles, in which case, a general collective noun applicable to the circumstances is used; for example a six-pack of bottles, a row of bottles, a collection of bottles, a case of bottles, etc.
Or, having glanced in the trash bin the morning after a party, an embarrassment of bottles.
Collective noun in a simple sentence of geese?
The most common collective nouns are flock of geese or a gaggle of geese.
When geese are in the air they are also referred to as skein, team, wedge or plump of geese.
The term plump is only used when the birds are flying in close formation and the term wedge is derived from the V-formation the geese fly in.
There are no nouns used as collective nouns in the sentence. A collective noun is a function of a noun, not a characteristic inherent in a noun
The noun 'class' can be a collective noun for 'a class of students', but in this sentence, it is not functioning as a collective noun.
Is member common noun or collective noun?
The noun 'member' is a common noun, a general word for one of the individuals composing a group; a body part or organ; a part of a whole; a word for a person or a thing.
A collective noun is a word used to group people or things in a descriptive way, for example 'a congregation of members', 'a council of members', etc.
What is the collective noun for men?
There is no standard collective noun for men.
A collective noun for a group of people will work for a group of men; for example, a crowd of men, a crew of men, a team of men, etc.
A collective noun is an informal part of language. Any noun that suits the situation can function as a collective noun. You can use a noun more suitable for the situation or you can be creative or fanciful; for example, a panel of men, a preening of men, an impatience of men.
What is the collective noun for a group of quail or swans?
Collective nouns for quail are:
A covey of quail
A bevy of quail
Collective nouns for swans are:
a ballet of swans
a bank of swans
a bevy of swans
a drift of swans
a eyrar of swans (a nest of young swans)
a fanfare of swans
a flight of swans
a flock of swans
a game of swans
a herd of swans
a lamentation of swans
a regatta of swans (on water)
a sounder of swans
a squadron of swans
a team of swans
a wedge of swans (in flight)
a whiteness of swans
a whiting of swans
Collective nouns starting with g?
heroin addict homeless man hippo hippie hooochie hunter highly seductive woman Hilter Heniz ketchup hot historian Harry Potter Hagrid high roller Helen Keller hustler Hugh Hefner hazardous hairy hand hooligan Horserider horseplayer horse in general hair-dresser Hercules hero harlot hoodrat homegirl homeboy Hermonie hotdog herbal henessy
There are a lot of nouns that start with the letter h, but I will mention a few of them. House, horse, heaven, heart, history, herb, hesitation, hope, hinge.
What is the collective nouns for group of laborers?
The collective nouns for laborers (UK spelling labourers) are:
- a gang of laborers
- a crew of labourers
What is the collective noun for cucumber?
There is no standard collective noun for cucumbers.
A collective noun is an informal part of language. Any noun that suits the context can function as a collective noun; for example, a field of cucumbers, a crate of cucumbers, a basket of cucumbers, etc.
What of clothes collective noun?
No, the collective noun for clothes are:
- a rack of clothes
- a bundle of clothes
- a closet of clothes
- a basket of clothes
What is a collective noun of newspapers?
The official collective noun for journalists is a "scoop of journalists"
What is the noun for the collective noun congregation?
The collective noun 'congregation' is a singular, common, concrete, noun; a word for a group of people or things.
The noun 'congregation' is a standard collective nounfor:
- a congregation of churchgoers
- a congregation of crocodiles
- a congregation of eagles
- a congregation of magpies
- a congregation of people
- a congregation of plovers
- a congregation of rooks
- a congregation of starlings
- a congregation of worshipers
What is the Collective noun for presidents?
A collective noun for presidents is a succession of presidents.
Other collective nouns that would be appropriate could be a council of presidents, a board of presidents, a conference of presidents, or as humorists prefer, an incompetence of presidents.
What is the collective noun for school dinners?
What is the collective noun of an owl?
A collective noun is a noun used to group people or things in a descriptive way.
The noun 'owl' is a singular noun, not a group.
The standard collective nouns for a group of owls are:
- a parliament of owls
- a stare of owls
- a wisdom of owls
- a sagaciousness of owls
- a stable of barn owls
- a blizzard of snowy owls
What is the collective noun Leap?
The noun 'leap' is used as a collective noun for a leap of leopards and a leap of hares.
Collective noun for hippopotamuses?
The collective nouns for hippopotami (hippopotamuses or hippos) are:
a bloat of hippopotami
a crash of hippopotamuses
a huddle of hippos
a school of hippopotami
a pod of hippopotamuses
a herd of hippos
a thunder of hippopotami
How is the word jury a collective noun?
The noun jury is a singular, common, abstract noun; a word for a group sworn to give a verdict in a legal case on the basis of evidence submitted to them in court.
The noun jury is used as a collective noun for a jury of your peers.
