bunch

CEFRB1

/bʌntʃ/

noun · verb

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In plain English

  1. 01

    noun

    A group of things held or growing together.

  2. 02

    verb

    To gather or group together closely.

Examples

  • A bunch of people thrust their way toward the rear exit.

  • Years ago, she used to hang around with a bunch of bikers.

At a glance

Sits at B1 on the CEFR scale

Senses
5
Parts of speech
2
Citations
5
Synonyms
5

Also pronounced

  • /bʌnʃ/

Deep Dive

noun

Extra meanings

  1. An informal body of friends.

  2. The peloton; the main group of riders formed during a race.

  3. A group of similar things, either growing together, or in a cluster or clump, usually fastened together.

More examples

In context

  • a bunch of bananas

  • a bunch of grapes

  • a bunch of keys

Synonyms

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Origin

noun

From Middle English bunche, bonche (“hump, swelling”), of uncertain origin. Perhaps a variant of *bunge (compare dialectal bung (“heap, grape bunch”)), from Proto-Germanic *bunkō, *bunkô, *bungǭ (“heap, crowd”), from Proto-Indo-European *bʰenǵʰ-, *bʰénǵʰus (“thick, dense, fat”). Cognates include Saterland Frisian Bunke (“bone”), West Frisian bonke (“bone, lump, bump”), Dutch bonk (“lump, bone”), Low German Bunk (“bone”), German Bunge (“tuber”), Danish bunke (“heap, pile”), Faroese bunki (“heap, pile”); Hittite [Term?] (/⁠panku⁠/, “total, entire”), Tocharian B pkante (“volume, fatness”), Lithuanian búožė (“knob”), Ancient Greek παχύς (pakhús, “thick”), Sanskrit बहु (bahú, “thick; much”)). Al...