hive used as a noun:
A structure, which a swarm of honeybees inhabits or has inhabited. The bees of one hive; a swarm of bees. A place swarming with busy occupants; a crowd.
Is bee hive a common noun?
Answer. The noun beehive is a singular, common, concrete, compound noun.
Is a colony of bees a collective noun?
A flock can contain up to 50% of worker bees from the original colony and the bee swarm usually occurs in the spring. The collective noun for bees is the word you will use to describe a group of bees. You can say “bees are flying” in a sentence, where “bees” means group.
What are collective nouns examples?
A collective noun refers to a group behaving singularly. Collective nouns function grammatically as a single entity since the group members are acting or behaving in unison. Examples of collective nouns include “choir,” “gaggle of geese,” and “galaxy of stars.”
Is the word hive singular or plural?
The plural form of hive is hives.
What type of noun is class?
class. [countable] a group of students who are taught together We’re in the same class at school. She is the youngest in her class.
