Below is a list of collective nouns you should know:
1. An army of frogs/caterpillars/soldiers
2. An armada/fleet/flotilla of ships
3. An intrusion of cockroaches
4. A smack of jellyfish
5. A tower of giraffes
6. A batch of cookies
7. A battery of tests
8. A belt of asteroids
9. A brood of hens
10. A bloat of hippos
11. A doctrine of doctors
12. A damning of jurors
13. A sentence of judges
14. A leap of leopards
15. A prickle of porcupines
16. A streak of tigers
17. A stand of flamingos
18. A parliament of owls
19. A bundle of nerves
20. A caravan of camels
21. A chain of islands
22. A clutch of chicks/eggs
23. A company/troupe of actors
24. A colony of ants/bats/beavers/lepers/penguins
25. A congregation of plovers/worshippers
26. A culture of bacteria
27. A deck of cards
28. A drove/herd/kine of cattle
29. A fleet of airplanes/ships
30. A flock of birds/sheep
31. A gaggle of geese/women/gossip
32. A bevy of beauties
33. A hive/swarm of bees
34. A wad of bills/money
35. A bed/den/nest/pit of snakes
36. An army/brigade/company/division/platoon/squad/unit of soldiers
37. A herd of antelope/buffalo/cattle/deer/zebra
38. A galaxy of stars
39. A shrewdness of apes
40. A host of angels
41. A fusillade of bullets
42. A quiver of arrows
43. A tissue of lies
44. A murder of crows
45. An unkindness of ravens
46. A kindle/litter of kittens
47. A hand of bananas
48. A knot of toads
49. A parliament of owls
50. A superfluity of nuns
51. An impatience of wives
52. A fighting of beggars
53. A worship of writers
54. A hastiness of cooks
55. A panel of experts
56. A pride of lions/peacocks
57. A slate of candidates
58. A thicket/forest/stand of trees
59. A yoke of oxen
60. A colony/swarm of ants
No comments:
Post a Comment