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Noun: bunch  búnch
  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 [informal]
     
  4. [informal] (often followed by 'of') a large number, amount or extent
    "a bunch of letters";
    - batch, deal, flock, good deal, great deal, hatful, heap, lot, mass, mess, mickle [archaic], mint, mountain, muckle, passel [US], peck, pile [informal], plenty, pot, quite a little, raft, sight, slew, spate, stack, tidy sum, wad
Verb: bunch  búnch
  1. Form into a bunch
    "The frightened children bunched together 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";
    - bundle, cluster, clump

Derived forms: bunches, bunching, bunched

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

Encyclopedia: Bunch, OK