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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Pinetum :: Pinetum (n.) A plantation of pine trees; esp., a collection of living pine trees made for ornamental or scientific purposes..
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..
Arboretum :: Arboretum (n.) A place in which a collection of rare trees and shrubs is cultivated for scientific or educational purposes.
Vill :: Vill (n.) A small collection of houses; a village.
Mind :: Mind (v.) Memory; remembrance; recollection; as, to have or keep in mind, to call to mind, to put in mind, etc..
Sampler :: Sampler (n.) A pattern; a specimen; especially, a collection of needlework patterns, as letters, borders, etc., to be used as samples, or to display the skill of the worker..
Offertory :: Offertory (n.) The Scripture sentences said or sung during the collection of the offerings.
Herbarium :: Herbarium (n.) A collection of dried specimens of plants, systematically arranged..
Cabinet :: Cabinet (n.) Any building or room set apart for the safe keeping and exhibition of works of art, etc.; also, the collection itself..
Image :: Image (v. t.) To represent to the mental vision; to form a likeness of by the fancy or recollection; to imagine.
Empyema :: Empyema (n.) A collection of blood, pus, or other fluid, in some cavity of the body, especially that of the pleura..
Divan :: Divan (n.) A book; esp., a collection of poems written by one author; as, the divan of Hafiz..
Adelphia :: Adelphia (n.) A brotherhood, or collection of stamens in a bundle; -- used in composition, as in the class names, Monadelphia, Diadelphia, etc..
Count :: Count (v. t.) To tell or name one by one, or by groups, for the purpose of ascertaining the whole number of units in a collection; to number; to enumerate; to compute; to reckon..
Mill :: Mill (n.) A building or collection of buildings with machinery by which the processes of manufacturing are carried on; as, a cotton mill; a powder mill; a rolling mill..
Clutter :: Clutter (n.) A confused collection; hence, confusion; disorder; as, the room is in a clutter..
Levy :: Levy (n.) The taking or seizure of property on executions to satisfy judgments, or on warrants for the collection of taxes; a collecting by execution..
Recollection :: Recollection (n.) The power of recalling ideas to the mind, or the period within which things can be recollected; remembrance; memory; as, an event within my recollection..
Drive :: Drive (n.) A collection of objects that are driven; a mass of logs to be floated down a river.
Atlas :: Atlas (n.) A collection of maps in a volum.
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