[flɒk], (Noun)

Definitions:
- a number of birds of one kind feeding, resting, or travelling together
(e.g: a flock of gulls)


Phrases:

Origin:
Old English flocc, of unknown origin. The original sense was ‘a band or body of people’: this became obsolete, but has been reintroduced as a transferred use of the sense ‘a number of animals kept together’

[flɒk], (Verb)

Definitions:
- (of birds) congregate in a flock
(e.g: sandgrouse are liable to flock with other species)


Phrases:

Origin:
Old English flocc, of unknown origin. The original sense was ‘a band or body of people’: this became obsolete, but has been reintroduced as a transferred use of the sense ‘a number of animals kept together’

[flɒk], (Noun)

Definitions:
- a soft material for stuffing cushions, quilts, and other soft furnishings, made of wool refuse or torn-up cloth
(e.g: flock mattresses)


Phrases:

Origin:
Middle English: from Old French floc, from Latin floccus (see floccus)