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1. A grouping of a number of similar things
   "a bunch of trees"
   - clump, cluster, clustering
    
2. An informal body of friends
   "he still hangs out with the same bunch"
   - crowd, crew, gang
    
3. Any collection in its entirety
   "she bought the whole bunch"
   - lot, caboodle
    
4. (often followed by 'of') a large number or amount or extent
   - batch, deal, flock, good deal, great deal, hatful, heap, lot, mass, mess, mickle [archaic], mint, mountain, muckle, passel [US], peck, pile, plenty, pot, quite a little, raft, sight, slew, spate, stack, tidy sum, wad

1. Form into a bunch
   "The frightened children bunched together in the corner of the classroom"; "The frightened children bunched up in the corner of the classroom"
   - bunch together, bunch up
    
2. Gather or cause to gather into a cluster
   "She bunched her fingers into a fist"; "She bunched up her fingers into a fist"
   - bunch up, bundle, cluster, clump

Derived forms: bunched, bunching, bunches

See also: bunchy

Type of: accumulation, agglomeration, aggregation, assemblage, clump, cluster, collection, constellate, flock, form, gathering, large indefinite amount, large indefinite quantity

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