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List of collective nouns

Did you ever need to know what a group of geese was called? Well, here are some of the more commonly used collective nouns, with a few of the interesting ones thrown in for good measure.

Photo of a clump of flowers
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Cis forClump

A clump is a group of similar things, very close together and hard to separate. The picture is of a clump of yellow flowers.
Collective
Photo of a clutch of eggs
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Cis forClutch

A group of eggs in a nest is called a clutch.
Collective
A coven.
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Cis forCoven

A coven is a group of witches.
Collective
Photo of a group of rhinos
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Cis forCrash (rhinos)

In Kenya, a group of rhinoceros is called a crash.
Collective
A rowing crew.
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Cis forCrew

A crew is a group of people working together to accomplish the same goal. The crew in the picture is a rowing team.
Collective
Photo of a crowd of people.
Photo by Marieke Kuijjer
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Cis forCrowd

A crowd is a large group of people. Generally a crowd is a group of people with no particular order, jostling together. You can also use crowd as a verb, as in "to crowd in together" which means putting a lot of things in a small space.
Collective
Photo of a deck of cards
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Dis forDeck (cards)

A full set of cards, as purchased from a shop in a box, is called a deck or pack.
Collective
Photo of some hares
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Dis forDrove (hares)

A group of hares is called a drove. Sometimes they are called a husk.
Collective
Photo of some bundles of sticks
Photo by Florian Boyd
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Fis forFaggot

A faggot is an old-fashioned term for a bundle of sticks.
Collective
Photo of a happy family.
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Fis forFamily

The traditional family unit is a mother, a father and some children, living together. There are a lot of different variations today.
Family, Collective

And also ...

Array, Arsenal, Brigade, Clientele, Cob (corn), Colony, Community, Horde, League, Legion, Literature, Multiple, Multitude, Squad, Troupe

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