passels

noun

Definition of passelsnext
plural of passel
1
as in clusters
a number of things considered as a unit reporters had a whole passel of questions for the new basketball coach

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2
as in groups
a usually small number of persons considered as a unit the young couple helped a passel of students in the span of a few years

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3
as in loads
a considerable amount a whole passel of unauthorized software on his computer

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for passels
  1. collections
  2. deals
  3. piles
  4. bands
  5. chunks
  6. quantities
  7. constellations
  8. hundreds
Noun
  • Pests can sometimes invade houseplant collections and cause issues, like yellow stippling on plant leaves.
    Lauren Landers, Better Homes & Gardens, 23 Dec. 2024
  • Related Articles The store is divided into two separate sections, with the front of the shop stocking ready-to-wear collections and the backspace being used for hosting bespoke appointments in a chocolate brown lounge.
    Hikmat Mohammed, WWD, 23 Dec. 2024
Definition of collections
Noun
  • Despite the dearth of IPOs, the exit markets were still active, particularly in strategically minded M&A transactions and other deals.
    Alex Lazarow, Forbes, 24 Dec. 2024
  • Despite the dearth of IPOs, the exit markets were still active, particularly in strategically minded M&A transactions and other deals.
    Alex Lazarow, Forbes, 24 Dec. 2024
Definition of deals
Noun
  • In the days since, many people have reported unsafe road conditions and lingering snow — along with uncollected leaf piles from fall leaf collection that were scattered back onto their yards by the snowplows, the council members said.
    Maia Pandey, Journal Sentinel, 24 Dec. 2024
  • In the days since, many people have reported unsafe road conditions and lingering snow — along with uncollected leaf piles from fall leaf collection that were scattered back onto their yards by the snowplows, the council members said.
    Maia Pandey, Journal Sentinel, 24 Dec. 2024
Definition of piles
Noun
  • The three-day gathering of music and live bands has drawn some 20,000 music fans to the Near West Side park more or less annually since 2006, save a pandemic year off.
    Rick Kogan, Chicago Tribune, 24 Dec. 2024
  • The three-day gathering of music and live bands has drawn some 20,000 music fans to the Near West Side park more or less annually since 2006, save a pandemic year off.
    Rick Kogan, Chicago Tribune, 24 Dec. 2024
Definition of bands
Noun
  • Large chunks of the pier were left floating in the water.
    Bill Hutchinson, ABC News, 24 Dec. 2024
  • The same is true for much of Alameda; sizable chunks of Oakland, Berkeley, Richmond and Marin County; and some areas near Silicon Valley, including northern sections of Redwood City and Burlingame.
    Grace Toohey, Los Angeles Times, 23 Dec. 2024
Definition of chunks
Noun
  • With catering, families can avoid the expense of purchasing and preparing large quantities of food, which can often go to waste.
    Ronny Maye, Forbes, 24 Dec. 2024
  • But the mountains can’t make snow if temperatures aren’t cold enough, and natural snow has only been falling in large quantities later in the season in recent years at many resorts, according Andria Huskinson, communication and public relations manager at Solitude.
    Zach Wichter, USA TODAY, 22 Dec. 2024
Definition of quantities
Noun
  • However, the advent of Low Earth Orbit satellite constellations has dramatically altered the landscape.
    Timothy Papandreou, Forbes, 20 Dec. 2024
  • Meteor showers are best viewed in a dark, open sky where the stars and constellations are visible.
    Kaif Shaikh, Interesting Engineering, 19 Dec. 2024
Definition of constellations
Noun
  • The myths are impossible to confirm hundreds of years later, Beach said, but the story is that Magnus was a Roman soldier who helped gather Christians to be martyred.
    Lucas Aulbach, The Courier-Journal, 24 Dec. 2024
  • The agency also has opened or settled hundreds of charges against Amazon.
    Kate Gibson, CBS News, 24 Dec. 2024
Definition of hundreds
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