AGGLOMERATE

agglomerate, agglomerated, agglomerative, clustered

(adjective) clustered together but not coherent; “an agglomerated flower head”

pile, heap, mound, agglomerate, cumulation, cumulus

(noun) a collection of objects laid on top of each other

agglomerate

(noun) volcanic rock consisting of large fragments fused together

agglomerate

(verb) form into one cluster

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

Adjective

agglomerate (comparative more agglomerate, superlative most agglomerate)

collected into a ball, heap, or mass

Synonyms

• agglomerated

Noun

agglomerate (plural agglomerates)

A collection or mass.

(geology) A mass of angular volcanic fragments united by heat; distinguished from conglomerate.

(meteorology) An ice cover of floe formed by the freezing together of various forms of ice.

Synonyms

• (collection or mass): agglomeration, collection, mass

Verb

agglomerate (third-person singular simple present agglomerates, present participle agglomerating, simple past and past participle agglomerated)

(ambitransitive) To wind or collect into a ball; hence, to gather into a mass or anything like a mass.

Synonyms

• (collect into a ball): ball, ball up, bundle up, clew, conglobate, conglobe, globe, orb, wind

• (gather into a mass): amass, gather, gather up, merge, pile up; see also pile up or coalesce

Source: Wiktionary


Ag*glom"er*ate, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Agglomerated; p. pr. & vb. n. Agglomerating.] Etym: [L. agglomeratus, p. p. of agglomerare; ad + glomerare to form into a ball. See Glomerate.]

Definition: To wind or collect into a ball; hence, to gather into a mass or anything like a mass. Where he builds the agglomerated pile. Cowper.

Ag*glom"er*ate, v. i.

Definition: To collect in a mass.

Ag*glom"er*ate, n.

1. A collection or mass.

2. (Geol.)

Definition: A mass of angular volcanic fragments united by heat; -- distinguished from conglomerate.

Ag*glom"er*ate, Ag*glom"er*a`ted, a.

1. Collected into a ball, heap, or mass.

2. (Bot.)

Definition: Collected into a rounded head of flowers.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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