
Collective Nouns for Things and Places
Given below is a list of commonly used collective nouns for things and places, plants and plant products and food and drinks.
Collective Nouns for Things and Places
Sl.No. | Name of the thing | Collective Nouns for Things |
01 | Arrows | a quiver of arrows |
02 | Beads | a string of beads |
03 | Books | a bunch/a library/a shelf/a set of books |
04 | Bushes | a hedge of bushes |
05 | Cars | a line of cars |
06 | Cards | a pack/ a stack/a deck of cards |
07 | Chairs | a stack of chairs |
08 | Colours | a palette of colours |
09 | Computers | a network of computers |
10 | Cotton | a bale of cotton |
11 | Countries | an alliance of countries |
12 | Cigars | a box of cigars |
13 | Circuits | a bank of circuits |
14 | Drawers | a chest of drawers |
15 | Eggs | a clutch of eggs |
16 | Events | a series of events |
17 | Exercises | a book of exercises |
18 | Film/Cloth | a roll of film/cloth |
19 | Friends | a group of friends |
20 | Furniture | a piece/a suite of furniture |
21 | Glass | a blade of glass |
22 | Gasoline | a gallon of gasoline |
23 | Goods | a catalogue of goods |
24 | Hay | a bale of hay |
25 | Hope | a glimmer of hope |
26 | Islands | a group of islands |
27 | Jewellery | a piece of jewellery |
28 | Keys | a bunch/a ring of keys |
29 | Lightning | a bolt of lightning |
30 | Luck | a stroke of luck |
31 | Lorries | a fleet of lorries |
32 | Money | a pile of money |
33 | Mountains | a range/a chain of mountains |
34 | Names | a list of names |
35 | News | a bit/a piece/an item of news |
36 | Notes | a wad of notes |
37 | Maps | an atlas of maps |
38 | Paper | a piece/a ream of paper |
39 | Pearls | a string of pearls |
40 | Photographs | An album of photographs |
41 | Pictures | a gallery of pictures |
42 | Poems | an anthology of poems |
43 | Rain | a drop of rain |
44 | Reeds | a clump of reeds |
45 | Remedies | a rabble of remedies |
46 | Roads | a network of roads |
47 | Rooms | a suite of rooms |
48 | Rumours | a nest of rumours |
49 | Salt | a pinch of salt |
50 | Ships | a fleet/an armada of ships |
51 | Sand | a heap of sand |
52 | Shoes | a pair of shoes |
53 | Soap | a bar of soap |
54 | Stars | a cluster of stars |
55 | Stairs | a flight of stairs |
56 | States | a confederation/a union of states |
57 | Sticks | a bundle of sticks |
58 | Sunshine | a ray of sunshine |
59 | Tasks | an agenda of tasks |
60 | Tests | a battery of tests |
61 | Tools | a set of tools |
62 | Trees | a grove/a forest of trees |
63 | Toothpaste | a tube of toothpaste |
64 | Vehicles | a fleet of vehicles |
65 | Windmills | a whirl of windmills |
66 | Wine | a cellar of wine |
67 | Wool | a ball of wool |
68 | Words/Phrases | a glossary/a babel of words/phrases |
Collective Nouns for Plants and Plant Products
Sl.No. | Name of the Plant | Collective Nouns for Plants |
01 | Alders | a mess of alders |
02 | Arabidopsis | an agar of arabidopsis |
03 | Aspen | a clone of aspen |
04 | Aspens | a trembling of aspens |
05 | Bananas | a comb of bananas |
06 | Birches | an advance of birches |
07 | Boxwoods | a chamber of boxwoods |
08 | Brownies | a pack of brownies |
09 | Cacti | a spike of cacti |
10 | Corn | a tassel of corn |
11 | Cottongrass | a flurry of cottongrass |
12 | Dandelions | a drift of dandelions |
13 | Durians | a heap of durians |
14 | Ferns | a firework of ferns |
15 | Flowers | a bunch/a vase/a bed/a bouquet/a nosegay of flowers |
16 | Fruits | a basket/a crate of fruits |
17 | Grapes/Bananas | a bunch of grapes/bananas |
18 | Grass | a tuft/a patch of grass |
19 | Hostas | a horde of hostas |
20 | Maples | a canvas of maples |
21 | Oaks | a majesty of oaks |
22 | Orchids | a rarity of orchids |
23 | Peaches | an orchard of peaches |
24 | Peas | a pod of peas |
25 | Peonies | a droop of peonies |
26 | Plants | a nursery/a clump/a pot/a row of plants |
27 | Prunus/Stone Fruit | a henge of prunus/stone fruit |
28 | Redwoods | a towering of redwoods |
29 | Rice | a bowl of rice |
30 | Roses/Flowers | a garden of roses/flowers |
31 | Shrubs | a shrubbery of shrubs |
32 | Sphagnum | a carpet of sphagnum |
33 | Succulents | a reservoir of succulents |
34 | Sunflowers | a vincent of sunflowers |
35 | Trees | a clump/a grove/a copse/a spinney/a stand of trees |
36 | Yews | a gloom of yews |
Collective Nouns for Food and Drinks
Sl.No. | Name of the Food | Collective Nouns for the Food Items |
01 | Bread | a loaf of bread |
02 | Bread | a slice of bread |
03 | Cakes | a batch of cakes |
04 | Cereal | a box of cereal |
05 | Cheese | a piece of cheese |
06 | Chocolate | a bar/a square of chocolate |
07 | Chocolate | a piece of chocolate |
08 | Cookies | a pile of cookies |
09 | Honey | a jar of honey |
10 | Margarine | a tub of margarine |
11 | Milk | a bottle of milk |
12 | Milk | a carton of milk |
13 | Neat | a kilo of meat |
14 | Pizza | a slice of pizza |
15 | Rice | a bowl of rice |
16 | Soda | a can of soda |
17 | Sugar | a kilo of sugar |
18 | Tea | a cup of tea |
19 | Tea | a packet of tea |
20 | Water | a glass of water |
21 | Water | a jug of water |