bunch

/ˈbənch/

Middle English bunche

noun

  1. protuberance, swelling

  2. a number of things of the same kind

  3. group

verb

  1. swell, protrude

  2. to form a group or cluster —often used with up

  3. to form into a bunch

noun phrase

  1. the best one of a group

I read many books this summer, and that was the pick of the bunch.