A prodigality of marvels
A perfect collective noun for a mass of marvels. There are good reasons the first of Patrick Leigh Fermor's duo...
Collective nouns – metaphors and similes
A 'meadow', a 'marvel' or a 'meaning' of metaphors, or to capture the richness and variety of them, an 'invention'...
An army of caterpillars
'Army' makes sense when you hear of trains of spiny, poisonous caterpillars marching like a locomotive across the southern landscapes...
Bullocks in droves
I remember pubs in Scotland called The Drover's Inn, and this collective noun can be used for cattle more generally. ...
Collective noun for epithets
I like this collective noun for epithets, 'artillery' suggesting a quickfire delivery of pithy comments, with the additional charm of...
A stook of grain
A sight we no longer see:Â a group of sheaves or grain stood on end in a field. Also 'to stook',...
A chattering of choughs
As I've never seen a chough, knowingly, I don't know what they chatter about.
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A chapter of canons
A neutrally ecclesiastical term, so stick with this if you need to speak about a group of canons in polite...
Collective nouns – quotations
A 'trove' or an 'aptness' of quotes; a 'delight' or an 'elegance' of quotations, complemented by a 'fount', a 'finesse'...
A feast of brewers
A foody collective noun for a drinks purveyor. Here are some alternatives I made up: a pickling, a froth, a...
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