backup - an accumulation caused by clogging or a stoppage; "a traffic backup on the main street"; "he discovered a backup in the toilet"

buildup - the result of the process of accumulation; "the buildup of leaves blocked the drain pipes"

deposition, deposit - the natural process of laying down a deposit of something

increment, growth, increase - a process of becoming larger or longer or more numerous or more important; "the increase in unemployment"; "the growth of population"

group, grouping - any number of entities (members) considered as a unit

procession - the group action of a collection of people or animals or vehicles moving ahead in more or less regular formation; "processions were forbidden"

pharmacopoeia - a collection or stock of drugs

string - a collection of objects threaded on a single strand

wardrobe - collection of clothing belonging to one person

wardrobe - collection of costumes belonging to a theatrical company

arms, implements of war, munition, weaponry, weapons system - weapons considered collectively

universe, population - (statistics) the entire aggregation of items from which samples can be drawn; "it is an estimate of the mean of the population"

armamentarium - the collection of equipment and methods used in the practice of medicine

art collection - a collection of art works

backlog - an accumulation of jobs not done or materials not processed that are yet to be dealt with (especially unfilled customer orders for products or services)

battery - a collection of related things intended for use together; "took a battery of achievement tests"

block - a number or quantity of related things dealt with as a unit; "he reserved a large block of seats"; "he held a large block of the company's stock"

rule book, book - a collection of rules or prescribed standards on the basis of which decisions are made; "they run things by the book around here"

bottle collection - a collection of bottles; "her bottle collection is arranged on glass shelves in the window"

caboodle, bunch, lot - any collection in its entirety; "she bought the whole caboodle"

coin collection - a collection of coins

collage - any collection of diverse things; "a collage of memories"

content - everything that is included in a collection; "he emptied the contents of his pockets"; "the two groups were similar in content"

tout ensemble, ensemble - an assemblage of parts or details (as in a work of art) considered as forming a whole

corpus - a collection of writings; "he edited the Hemingway corpus"

crop - a collection of people or things appearing together; "the annual crop of students brings a new crop of ideas"

tenantry - tenants of an estate considered as a group

findings - a collection of tools and other articles used by an artisan to make jewelry or clothing or shoes

pack - a complete collection of similar things

deal, hand - the cards held in a card game by a given player at any given time; "I didn't hold a good hand all evening"; "he kept trying to see my hand"

long suit - in a hand, the suit having the most cards

stamp collection - a collection of stamps

statuary - statues collectively

sum total, summation, sum - the final aggregate; "the sum of all our troubles did not equal the misery they suffered"

agglomeration - a jumbled collection or mass

gimmickry - a collection of gimmicks

nuclear club - the nations possessing nuclear weapons

heap, pile, cumulus, mound - a collection of objects laid on top of each other

mass - an ill-structured collection of similar things (objects or people)

combination - a collection of things that have been combined; an assemblage of separate parts or qualities

congregation - an assemblage of people or animals or things collected together; "a congregation of children pleaded for his autograph"; "a great congregation of birds flew over"

hit parade - a collection of the best or most popular people or items of a given kind

Judaica - historical and literary materials relating to Judaism

kludge - a badly assembled collection of parts hastily assembled to serve some particular purpose (often used to refer to computing systems or software that has been badly put together)

program library, subroutine library, library - (computing) a collection of standard programs and subroutines that are stored and available for immediate use

library - a collection of literary documents or records kept for reference or borrowing

step-up, increase - the act of increasing something; "he gave me an increase in salary"

buildup - the act of building up an accumulation; "I envied his rapid buildup of assets"; "a military buildup in preparation for the invasion"

finance - the branch of economics that studies the management of money and other assets

net income, net profit, profit, profits, earnings, lucre, net - the excess of revenues over outlays in a given period of time (including depreciation and other non-cash expenses)

fund, store, stock - a supply of something available for future use; "he brought back a large store of Cuban cigars"

stockpile, reserve, backlog - something kept back or saved for future use or a special purpose