English

Noun

clowder ‎(plural clowders)

1. A group of cats.
   • 2007, Kathryn Soper, Cat Wrangling Made Easy

     Real cat fights are rare in established clowders. So instead of risking serious injury, cats resort to menace and threats.

   • 2010, The Big Bang Theory, episode “The Zazzy Substitution”

     Leonard: You’re clearly upset about Amy being gone, and you’re trying to replace her with a bunch of cats.

     Sheldon: Clowder.

     Leonard: What?

     Sheldon: A group of cats is a clowder. Or a glaring. It’s the kind of thing you ought to know now that we have one.

   • 2011, M.D. Pueppke, Fuzzy the Cat, The One and Only, “Getting on terms with the terms”

     How ‛bout organizing a party of clowder chowder. You know, big servings of chowder for the cat clowder.

Synonyms

• (collective noun for “cats”): glaring

Hyponyms

• (collective noun for “cats”): kindle (group of kittens)

Translations

See also

• Appendix:English collective nouns

References

• Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2006. 12 Oct. 2006. Dictionary.com article