Entry Word: collection

Function: noun

Meaning: 1 an organized group of objects acquired and maintained for study, exhibition, or personal pleasure <his stamp collection has become quite valuable>

Synonyms assemblage, library

Related Words cache, hoard, repertory, reserve, stock, stockpile, store, supply; accumulation, gathering, heap, pile; clutter, jumble, litter

2 a mass or quantity that has piled up or that has been gathered <a collection of lint underneath the dryer> — see accumulation 1
3 a number of things considered as a unit <a collection of similar houses in each neighborhood> — see group 1