Angry Orchard's David Sipes Gets Samuel Adams to Try Cider. PORTLAND, Ore. ( TheStreet) -- When you grab a pint in almost any of New England's pubs, cider sits right beside stouts and lagers as a drink of choice. It's not a beer substitute, it's not there just for beer haters or vegans -- it just is.
collective noun. n. 1. (Grammar) a noun that is singular in form but that refers to a group of people or things. Usage: Collective nouns are usually used with singular verbs: the family is on holiday; General Motors is mounting a big sales campaign.
Most collective nouns in everyday speech are mundane and are not specific to one specific kind, such as the word group, which may apply to people in the phrase a group of people, but may also correctly refer to dogs in the phrase a group of dogs.ther collective nouns are specific to one kind, especially terms of venery, which are words for specific groups of animals.