Antonyms for bunches


Grammar : Noun, verb
Spell : buhnch
Phonetic Transcription : bʌntʃ


Definition of bunches

Origin :
  • early 14c., "protuberance on the body, swelling," perhaps echoic of the sound of hitting and connected to bump (cf., possibly in similar relationship, hump/hunch).
  • The sense of "cluster" is mid-15c.; connection with the earlier sense is obscure, and this may be a separate word, perhaps through a nasalized form of Old French bouge (2), 15c., from Flemish boudje diminutive of boud "bundle." Meaning "a lot, a group" is from 1620s.
  • noun collection of something
  • verb gather in group
Example sentences :
  • If it were not for that, we should look like bunches of uprooted seaweed dried in the sun.
  • Extract from : « Tanglewood Tales » by Nathaniel Hawthorne
  • She stroked the sleek necks of the colts and handed them bunches of grass.
  • Extract from : « The Gentleman From Indiana » by Booth Tarkington
  • Clemence related that she had one day eaten three bunches of watercresses at her lunch.
  • Extract from : « L'Assommoir » by Emile Zola
  • They were tied carefully in bunches, and hung in the garret of the farm-house to dry.
  • Extract from : « Harper's Young People, August 10, 1880 » by Various
  • McPike is noteworthy because of the large size of the berries and bunches.
  • Extract from : « Manual of American Grape-Growing » by U. P. Hedrick
  • The bunches are of but medium size and the berries are small.
  • Extract from : « Manual of American Grape-Growing » by U. P. Hedrick
  • They cost forty cents a bunch, so we only got three bunches.
  • Extract from : « Old Rail Fence Corners » by Various
  • Sometimes they have sprays of arbutus in their buttonholes, or bunches of hepatica.
  • Extract from : « The Wit of a Duck and Other Papers » by John Burroughs
  • When he was in condition his muscles stood out in bunches all over him.
  • Extract from : « Lost Face » by Jack London
  • Laths, lumber, and bunches of shingles were ripped loose and went into the sea.
  • Extract from : « Blow The Man Down » by Holman Day

Synonyms for bunches

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