bunch

nouns

a grouping of a number of similar things

"a bunch of trees"; "a cluster of admirers"

bunch, clump, cluster, clustering

is derived from

an informal body of friends

"he still hangs out with the same crowd"

bunch, crew, crowd, gang

any collection in its entirety

"she bought the whole caboodle"

bunch, caboodle, lot

form into a bunch

"The frightened children bunched together in the corner of the classroom"

bunch, bunch together, bunch up

gather or cause to gather into a cluster

"She bunched her fingers into a fist"

bunch, bunch up, bundle, clump, cluster