Definition of collection

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Collection (n.) The act or process of collecting or of gathering; as, the collection of specimens..

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Assortment :: Assortment (n.) A collection containing a variety of sorts or kinds adapted to various wants, demands, or purposes; as, an assortment of goods..
Indusium :: Indusium (n.) A collection of hairs united so as to form a sort of cup, and inclosing the stigma of a flower..
Triplet :: Triplet (n.) A collection or combination of three of a kind; three united.
Aggregate :: Aggregate (a.) Formed by a collection of particulars into a whole mass or sum; collective.
Pucker :: Pucker (n.) A fold; a wrinkle; a collection of folds.
Canker :: Canker (n.) A corroding or sloughing ulcer; esp. a spreading gangrenous ulcer or collection of ulcers in or about the mouth; -- called also water canker, canker of the mouth, and noma..
Tuft :: Tuft (n.) A collection of small, flexible, or soft things in a knot or bunch; a waving or bending and spreading cluster; as, a tuft of flowers or feathers..
Sheaf :: Sheaf (n.) Any collection of things bound together; a bundle; specifically, a bundle of arrows sufficient to fill a quiver, or the allowance of each archer, -- usually twenty-four..
Town :: Town (adv. & prep.) Any collection of houses larger than a village, and not incorporated as a city; also, loosely, any large, closely populated place, whether incorporated or not, in distinction from the country, or from rural communities..
Excise :: Excise (n.) That department or bureau of the public service charged with the collection of the excise taxes.
Exhibit :: Exhibit (n.) Any article, or collection of articles, displayed to view, as in an industrial exhibition; a display; as, this exhibit was marked A; the English exhibit..
Wood :: Wood (n.) A large and thick collection of trees; a forest or grove; -- frequently used in the plural.
Assortment :: Assortment (n.) A collection or quantity of things distributed into kinds or sorts; a number of things assorted.
Blister :: Blister (n.) A vesicle of the skin, containing watery matter or serum, whether occasioned by a burn or other injury, or by a vesicatory; a collection of serous fluid causing a bladderlike elevation of the cuticle..
Statistics :: Statistics (n.) The science which has to do with the collection and classification of certain facts respecting the condition of the people in a state.
Anthology :: Anthology (n.) A collection of flowers of literature, that is, beautiful passages from authors; a collection of poems or epigrams; -- particularly applied to a collection of ancient Greek epigrams..
Drive :: Drive (n.) A collection of objects that are driven; a mass of logs to be floated down a river.
Cognizance :: Cognizance (n.) Recollection; recognition.
Recollection :: Recollection (n.) The act or practice of collecting or concentrating the mind; concentration; self-control.
Glean :: Glean (n.) A collection made by gleaning.
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