Collective Nouns

No, the noun 'heavens' is not a collective noun.

A collective noun is a noun used to group people or things in a descriptive or fanciful way; for example, a crowd of people, a herd of cattle, a bouquet of flowers, etc.

There is no standard collective noun specifically for 'church bells'.

The standard collective nouns for bells are:

• a peal of bells
• a change of bells
• a carillon of bells

A collective noun is a noun used to group people or things in a descriptive way.

Example sentence: A bouquet of flowers was delivered to my office.

Example sentences for collective nouns:

1. A troupe of dancers will perform the national dances of Hungary.
2. The Florida Keys are a chain of islands in the Gulf of Mexico.
3. We baked a batch of cookies for the bake sale.
4. The storm damage was quickly cleared by a crew of workers.
5. One of my graduation gifts was a string of pearls.
6. They keep a herd of goatsfor sale to people allergic to cows milk.
7. A fleet of taxis converged on the street in front of the theater.
8. We brought mom a bouquet of flowers for her birthday.
9. The crowd of onlookers were blocking the accident scene.
10. If you've ever wondered what is a murmuration of starlings, see the link below.

There is no standard collective noun for police cars.

The standard collective noun for police is a posse of police.

The standard collective noun for cars is a fleet of cars.

When there is no specific collective noun, any noun that suits the situation can be used, for example a chase of police cars, a procession of police cars, a swarm of police cars, etc.

The collective noun for the noun planes is a fleet of planes. The same collective noun can be used for a fleet of chartered planes.

However, it would be uncommon to charter an entire fleet of planes; chartered planes are those that someone has chartered. It would be more common to have a fleet of planes available to be chartered. In other words, a fleet of charter planes.

Collective nouns for cotton are:

• a bale of cotton
• a bolt of cotton
• a spool of cotton

The collective noun for pins is a paper of pins.

The collective noun for buttons is a row of buttons.

The general collective noun for 'vehicles' is a fleet, for example:

• a fleet of cars
• a fleet of taxis
• a fleet of limos
• a fleet of trucks
• a fleet of buses

Examples of sentences with singular collective nouns:

• I picked up a bushel of corn at the farmers' market.
• In the summer, a troupe of actors performs in the park on Friday evenings.
• A herd of elephants had gathered at the watering hole.

The collective nouns for ants are:

• a colony of ants
• a swarm of ants
• an army of ants.

No, the noun 'school' is the standard collective noun for fish.

The noun for 'pupils' is a dilation of pupils (we can assume the word 'pupils' is referring to eyes).

When referring to students, the standard collective noun for students will work for pupils as well: a class of pupils.

It should be noted that collective nouns are an informal part of language. Any noun that suits the context can function as a collective noun, a 'school of pupils' included.

There is no standard collective noun for a group of pots.

Collective nouns are an informal part of language. Any noun that suits the context can function as a collective noun; for example, a stack of pots, a row of pots, a set of pots, etc.