Category:Bunch

Bunch, n. Etym: [Akin to OSw. & Dan. bunke heap, Icel. bunki heap, pile, bunga tumor, protuberance; cf. W. pwng cluster. Cf. Bunk.]

1. A protuberance; a hunch; a knob or lump; a hump. They will carry. . . their treasures upon the bunches of camels. Isa. xxx. 6.

2. A collection, cluster, or tuft, properly of things of the same kind, growing or fastened together; as, a bunch of grapes; a bunch of keys.

3. (Mining)

Defn: A small isolated mass of ore, as distinguished from a continuous vein. Page.

Bunch Bunch, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Buncheder (p. pr. & vb.n. Bunchinger.]

Defn: To swell out into a bunch or protuberance; to be protuberant or round. Bunching out into a large round knob at one end. Woodward.

Bunch Bunch, v. t.

Defn: To form into a bunch or bunches. - ---excerpt from the Illustrated Bible Dictionary

Bunch - (1.) A bundle of twigs (Exodus 12:22).

(2.) Bunch or cake of raisins (2 Samuel 16:1).

(3.) The "bunch of a camel" (Isaiah 30:6).