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, SINGLE WORDS FOR PHRASES AND SENTENCES


WORDS DENOTING NUMBERS

A number of sheep flock
A number of whales or porpoises school, gam
A number of herrings, mackerel etc. shoal
A number of fish taken in a net catch, haul
A small number of birds e.g. partridge covey
A number of asses pack
A number of horses, ponies, etc. driven together drove
A number of cattle or swine feeding or driven together herd
A number of oxen or horses (two or more) harnessed together team
A number of birds, bees or insects moving together flight
A number of peacocks muster
A number of wolves, hounds or submarines pack
A number of leopards leap
A number of geese gaggle
A number of bees, locusts, ants etc. swarm
A number of larks or quails or beautiful girls bevy
A number of bees living in the same place hive
A number of ants, rabbits or snakes living in the same place nest
A number of horses kept for riding, racing, breeding stud
A number of lions, monkeys or cavalry soldiers troop
A number of rooks rookery
A colony of seals rookery
A number of mules barren
A number of chickens hatched at the same time brood
A number of young pigs, dogs, cats brought forth at one birth litter
A number of kittens kindle
A collection of fowls, ducks, etc. poultry
A couple of hawks cast
A number of wild geese or swans in flight skein
A collection of wild animals menagerie, zoo
A number of people at church congregation
A number of people listening to a concert or lecture audience
A number of people looking on at a football match, etc. spectators
A number of people collected together in the street crowd
A number of people gathered together for some common

,purpose gathering, assembly, society
A group of people who get together to work for some cause
or common interest coterie
A number of disorderly people mob, rabble, canaille
A number of savages horde
A number of singers in a church choir
A collection of angels host
A number of artistes, dancers or acrobats troupe
A number of actors company
A number of servants staff
A number of persons, of the same race, character, etc. tribe
A number of people following a funeral cortege
A number of beautiful ladies bevy
A number of soldiers army, troop, battalion, regiment
A number of sailors manning a ship crew
A number of workmen, prisoners, thieves etc. gang
A collection of slaves gang, coffle
A group of constables called to enforce the law posse
A number of jurymen engaged on a case jury, panel
A number (more than two) of judges or bishops bench
A number of directors of a company board
A collection of poems anthology
A collection of books library
A number of pictures, curiosities etc. collection
A collection of pearls rope
A collection of flowers bouquet
A collection of flags bunting
A number of drawers chest
A number of ships fleet
A number of merchant ships protected by warships convoy
A collection of dried plants herbarium
A number of nuts, grapes on a bunch cluster
A number of trees clump
A large collection of trees forest
A collection of wood, hay, corn, piled together stack
A cluster of houses in a village hamlet
A number of stars grouped together constellation
A collection of rays pencil
A collection of eggs clutch
A set of furniture, rooms etc. suite

, A quatity of woolen thread skein
A quantity of bread baked at the same time batch
A mass of hair shock, fell
A number of hired applauders, i.e. persons paid to clap claque
A bundle of hay truss
A collection of tools set
A set of bells placed together for a tune to be played on them carillon

With these may be added:
A bale of cotton, a bale of wool, a tuft of grass, a sheaf of corn, a sheaf of
arrows, a hand of bananas, a group of islands, a crate of fruit, a crate of
crockery, a field of athletes, a nest of machine – guns, a nest of shelves.

WORDS DENOTING PLACES

A place where birds are kept aviary
A place where bees are kept apiary
A place where fishes are kept aquarium
A place where rabbits are kept hutch
A place where pigs are kept sty
A place for keeping or breeding insects insectarium
The house or shelter of an Eskimo igloo
The house or shelter of a Swiss peasant chalet
The house or shelter of an Araba dowar
The house or shelter of an American Indian wigwam, tepee
The house or shelter of a gipsy caravan
A Zulu village kraal
The house or shelter of a Kirghis kabitka
A house or shelter for a dog kennel
A house or shelter for a horse stable
A house or shelter for a cow pen, byre
A house or box in which live pigeons or doves dovecot
The dwelling – place of a animal underground burrow
The home of a lion den
A squirrel‘s home drey
The resting place of a wild animal lair
The house or bed of a hare form
A nest of a bird of prey eyrie, aerie
A place where medicines are compounded dispensary
A place for the treatment of sick people hospital

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